Does Anyone Know What This Is?

Post by **Jacobs** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:38 pm

This thing is locked in a death grip with one of my worker bees. I have never seen anything like it and wondered if anyone knows what it is.

Kurt Bower · Post by **Kurt Bower** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:23 am

Best guess is some variation of a robber fly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae

Post by **Jacobs** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:12 am

My photo does not give the best angle for either the head or wings but this thing has 4 wings and my understanding is that flies have 2 wings. I may try and get a better shot of the head and the wings and post them.

Post by **Jacobs** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:44 am

I took a better example to the State Meeting in China Grove and Dr. Ambrose said it was a sepsis wasp that did not have a common name. It is a solditary wasp and does not pose any significant danger to the honey bees.