Hoverfly

More gardening and more fascinating goings on with bees and sunflowers.  I'll try to get a close up bee one, but in the meantime, here is a hoverfly on a small globe thistle.

Does anyone else do Duolingo?  I'm re-learning French (and loving it) but have all of a sudden got very competitive about going up the leagues.  I'm currently 4th...with 3 hours to go... so I keep checking the status and keeping my fingers crossed.  (Only the top 5 go through).