Flying critter wtf is it?

[DanB]

Anyone know what this is...I have never seen one of these before?

 

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[creskol]

A flying scorpion fly: https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Scorpionfly

 

[coffeecup]

an Excellent looking insect. Thanks for the pic..

 

[Anduril]

I vote we re-name it to "COVID FLY"... just because!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

That thing land on me - I'd probably squeal like a little girl.....

It would die, or I would....

 

[dts52]

Arrrghhh! Get that thing away from me! Is it the next evolution of killer wasps?
dts

 

[JVA5th]

What a cool looking critter. Most people reaction would be fear weirdo me would be like I need to catch that an examine it lol. I've caught tarantula hawk wasps, cow killers, all types of giant spiders I can get my hands on. So post like this make the insect nerd in me come out. That wasp is super interesting.

 

[invent4hir]

As long as I see it before it sees me; I'm ok. As a kid I was stepping over a big log (unable to see the ground on the other side) and damned if there was a snake there where my foot was going to land. In the nick of time I side stepped. Although it was probably just a black snake, I wasn't hanging around to ID it.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Arrrghhh! Get that thing away from me! Is it the next evolution of killer wasps?
dts

Murder hornet?

 

[jewelerguy]

Murder hornet?

Murder Scorpion

 

[GoDeep]

Nature's way of describing the year 2020....

 

[Seakur]

Thanks.. I learned something.

 

[Louie D]

Scary looking little beast.

 

[HuntinDog]

That is one bad a** fly

 

[CRUSADER]

Crazy looking.

 

[islamoradamark]

looks like something out of a SI FI movie