Happy #flyfriday! Looks like a moth but it's a bee fly, genus Lephidophora, apparently a kleptoparasite of solitary vespid and sphecid wasps. Apparently these can be seen in Georgia but are more common up north. Black Rock Forest, NY last month.

Fly with tongue sticking into on small daisy-like flower.  Fly has black and pale yellow/green feathery hairs on its body, feathery antennae, narrow dark wings spread to the side, humped body and blocky feathered rump.
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Fly with tongue sticking into on small daisy-like flower. Fly has black and pale yellow/green feathery hairs on its body, feathery antennae, narrow dark wings spread to the side, humped body and blocky feathered rump.

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