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Old 07-12-2018, 03:20 PM
 
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Does anyone know what king of bug or fly this is that I was able to capture a photo of while they were mating?
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Old 07-12-2018, 06:58 PM
 
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Looks like Tiger Bee Fly
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Old 07-12-2018, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Looks similar to our horsefly or deerfly. Looks like a biter.
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Old 07-13-2018, 12:05 AM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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As stated above looks to be a Tiger Bee Fly...
https://www.google.com/search?source....0.RsiagDWPrJY
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Old 07-13-2018, 05:34 AM
 
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A Tiger Bee Fly is what they are, very interesting! Thanks for the response.
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Old 07-13-2018, 06:25 AM
 
Location: LI,NY zone 7a
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Lucky shot Rickcin. That's probably the only way one would get a picture of those fast flyers.
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Old 07-13-2018, 07:53 AM
 
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I just read an article on them. They're completely harmless to humans, but they like to lay their eggs in carpenter bee nests, and then the larvae from the tiger bee fly eats the larvae from the carpenter bees.


They're good to have around.
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