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2gardenkate Crofton, MD(Zone 7a) Jul 16, 2011

A rather large and strange looking fly has been hanging around my backyard. It's resting on the wheel hub of my leaf cart in the photo, wingspan at least an inch and a half. Please, can someone ID it?

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DWMike Oxford, MS(Zone 7a) Jul 17, 2011

Looks to be a Tiger Bee Fly

Order: Diptera (DIP-ter-a)
Family: Bombyliidae
Genus: Xenox (ZEE-noks)
Species: tigrinus

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1884/

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2gardenkate Crofton, MD(Zone 7a) Jul 17, 2011

Yes! Thanks Mike!

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