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Great Black Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

Photo by KimberlyDuran
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Description:

Black wasp with purple wings, feel free to correct my ID.

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Wonderful creature - but it is actually a wasp-mimicking fly. I am guessing a mydas fly - Mydidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mydas_fly
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PublishedJuly 7, 2014

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