It’s not a fly. It doesn’t look like a bee. It can’t be a dragonfly (wings not held at right angles to the body when at rest).
Is it a wasp? Maybe.
These two shots show that even a 300mm-equivalent zoom just isn’t always enough camera.
Even at maximum zoom on my camera, I’m thinking, “Is that a bug?”
It is a bug, but I still don’t know which kind. It’s also a tiny file when cropped.
I don’t know what it is but if it bites it’s been on me at some point or other.
Tom
Tom – LOL – I’m guessing it bites. It just has The Look, you know?
Isabel: I am certainly no expert, but I am guessing a Bee Killer (which I had never heard of) based on these two websites:
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Bee-Killer
http://bugguide.net/node/view/55198
You’ll love the first site as it has watermarks right through the insect making it very difficult…
The second site I have used as you can send in pictures and they’ll identify it for you. That might be an option here although they might wish you had a marco shot of it..
Jim R – I think you might have it. And, indeed, I sorta wish I had a macro shot of it, too. Except for having some concerns about getting that close to it. What if it thought I were a bee?
It’s a thug bug, no doubt in my mind. Stay clear.
Barbara – I’m so out of it I’d never heard of a thug bug. Thanks!