Unknown Insect, Echo Bay ON

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.

Original view of unknown flying insect on deck railing.

Even at maximum zoom on my camera, I’m thinking, “Is that a bug?”

 

Close-up of unidentified flying insect, sitting on deck railing.

It is a bug, but I still don’t know which kind. It’s also a tiny file when cropped.

 

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6 Responses to Unknown Insect, Echo Bay ON

  1. Tom Watson says:

    I don’t know what it is but if it bites it’s been on me at some point or other.
    Tom

  2. Jim Robertson says:

    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..

    • Isabel Gibson says:

      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?

  3. It’s a thug bug, no doubt in my mind. Stay clear.

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