Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Wasp/bee/Fly?, 3 by GoatsnGuineas

GoatsnGuineas wrote:
This guy or gal (and several others around the property) just hover noisily and annoyingly outside of windows and doors around our north central Arkansas home. It\'s been going on for the last two weeks or so. I\'ve only been able to capture photos through a window screen, so I apologize for the less than awesome photo quality. The insects are about 1 -1.25 inches long (nose to tail, so to speak).