this thing buzzed past me like a hummingbird and then sat on my raised bed wall for a while. the wood it's sitting on is roughly 1 inch wide. bug was about 2 inches long. what is?
what is this 2 inch long black flying bug?
this thing buzzed past me like a hummingbird and then sat on my raised bed wall for a while. the wood it's sitting on is roughly 1 inch wide. bug was about 2 inches long. what is?
6 Comments
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 9 pts · 1y
Mydas fly?
ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
that looks about right, thank you!
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Dagamant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Those are pretty cool. It looks like the adults are nectar feeders and larva predate grubs in dead logs/trees. They tend to be large with the biggest looking like this:
ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
my favorite thing i read about them on wikipedia following the ID was that not only does their coloration mimic a spider hawk wasp, they also reportedly fly around poking things with their harmless butts, presumably so that potential predators are convinced of their waspitude.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mydas_clavatus?wprov=sfti1#Biology
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
According to Seek, it is a clubbed mydas fly.
Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Party on Garth