Pink Fountain Gaura … with Syrphid fly

A lame post from the back yard garden. Counting down to daughter Grace's wedding in 5 days!

Flower species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Oenothera%20_lindheimeri&rank=binomial

Confirmed at BugGuide as Toxomerus marginatus. Submission “frassed”, but see http://bugguide.net/node/view/141551 and http://bugguide.net/node/view/1254173/bgimage

Species page at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/8221

1 year ago (“No photo today…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-10-02
2 years ago (“Nowhere else on earth…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-10-02
3 years ago (“Blue [‘selfie’]”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-10-02
4 years ago (“Corn Earworm Moth”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-10-02
5 years ago (“Fall flowers II: ‘Chrysanthemum’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-10-02

[ IMG_3059S84x108Atm :: f/7.1 :: 1/400" :: ISO-800 :: 250mm ]

Insect taxonomy (if tentative ID is correct)—
» Arthropoda (Phylum, Arthropods)
»» Hexapoda (Subphylum, Hexapods)
»»» Insecta (Class, Insects)
»»»» Diptera (Order, Flies)
»»»»» Aschiza (no taxonomy)
»»»»»» Syrphidae (Family, Syrphid flies)
»»»»»»» Subfamily Syrphinae (Subfamily)
»»»»»»»» Tribe Toxomerini (Tribe)
»»»»»»»»» Genus Toxomerus (Genus)
»»»»»»»»»» marginatus (Species, Toxomerus marginatus)