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sterhill Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 02, 2012

black and white and I don't think I've seen it before

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 02, 2012

Bee fly - http://bugguide.net/node/view/418368/bgimage

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sterhill Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 02, 2012

thanks so much - I was able to look it up and see:

Tiger bee flies hunt for carpenter bees! When a female tiger bee fly locates a carpenter bee nest she may lay eggs at the entrance. The eggs hatch into larvae that find the carpenter bees within. Tiger bee fly larvae usually wait until their prey is in the helpless pupal state, and then they eat it. Notice that the tiger bee fly in the picture is visiting the kind of untreated unpainted wooden post that carpenter bees like to tunnel in.

Quick ID! Thanks.

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