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mle_flowers Richardson, TX Jul 23, 2021

I need help identifying this insect found in Plano TX, zip 75074. It kind of looks like a fly but also a bee. I'm stumped by the furry body with black stripes and red wings.
Thanks!

Marty

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 23, 2021

Appropriately enough, it's a bee fly (family Bombyliidae); namely Poecilanthrax lucifer. See https://beetlesinthebush.com/2016/12/14/the-black-bringer-of-light/

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mle_flowers Richardson, TX Jul 24, 2021

Interesting, I never knew there was a bee fly. Great article, thanks so much!

Marty

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