Amongst the tall grass and along the shoreline of a marsh, the Rose Pogonia Orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoides) Quebec, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (S3) in Québec, CA (NatureServe)
Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/500 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
This syrphid fly is a mimic of the bald-faced hornet enjoying Joe-Pye weed with a bumble bee, this Bald-faced Hornet Fly (Spilomyia fusca) is at Alleyn-et-Cawood, Quebec, Canada.
Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/160 100 Flash (off, did not fire)