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Anybody know what this is? It was about 1.25" - 1.5" across and spent most of the day guarding my mailbox...

Yes a gourmet meal for your flytrap..
I do not know what type of bug but I couldn't resist making a joke...

Some kind of Diptera. Fly experts, come in now!

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2803/bgimage. I think I found it here.

pshh just say it is a bumblebee and call it a dayXD

Yes, it is a Tiger Bee Fly. My sister and I were just discussing this a couple days ago. We've been seeing a lot more than usual too, usually on nectar producing plants because that's what they eat. Here's the site where we identified it:

http://www.insectidentification.org/ins ... er-Bee-Fly

And yes, for some reason they usually do stay perched in one spot for a very long time. Mine seemed to be "sleeping" on my Lobelia cardinalis for a whole day:

Maybe it was shedding? Also check for eggs...

The site I linked to says they lay their eggs in carpenter bees nest. That's the only thing to which they're harmful. They don't hurt humans, animals *or* plants. If anything, they help to pollinate flowers, just like bees and hummingbirds do. Just enjoy their unusual appearance. Not all bugs are bad!

But certain plants could harm it

Okay, whatever.

Leo756 wrote:Okay, whatever.

best way to end a conversation lol

Where'd you see it hollyhock?

Okay, thanks hollyhock and all! A Tiger Bee Fly it is. Not the prettiest bug I've ever seen but impressive none the less.

That is a gorgeous insect!

Grey wrote:gorgeous insect!

Now that's two words you don't often hear used together!

Hey! I call Assassin (my praying mantis) gorgeous all the time!


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