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audreymarmot Annapolis, United States(Zone 7a) Jul 20, 2017

Seen in z7 on my deck, buzzing around the railing. does not seem to be after flowers at all! bigger than a horsefly.
thanks for any help you can offer!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 20, 2017

It;s a bee fly (family Bombyliidae); specifically, a tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus - it is parasitic on carpenter bees - http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133799-Xenox-tigrinus

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audreymarmot Annapolis, United States(Zone 7a) Jul 20, 2017

Thank you, Suunto!

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