I thought this was a horsefly, but after looking at pics of them (amazing pic, btw, bebop), maybe it isn't. They don' t have the spike at the tail end that this thing has. Anyone wanna tell me what this is?
I thought that thing was a stinger, but it looks like horseflies bite with the stuff up front.
Could it be a bot fly? There mostly are horse bot flies but now in some places there are human ones, too.
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Oh, we found it! It's some sort of robber fly.
Glad it isn't a bot fly - gross! Thanks, though. :o)
It might be Promachus fitchii- Bee Killer/Giant Robber Fly.
