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muddyshoes
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Yikes!!!! Flew in the HOUSE!! I told DH~~You girls love a good bug to ID! Glad he didn't totally smash it! Poor thing! Anyone know?


"Those that throw mud, lose ground!" :>)


 
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vera ellen
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Guessing a type of mud dabber, or as we call them in the south, dirt dobber. The red belly band is interesting though.

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Maybe a wasp?


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Toots
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as close as I could find....

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef200.asp

peachtree borer moth


EDIT.... nope!!... but that led me to this...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/06/22/mydas-fly-19/

and I do think that's it.....what told the tale for me is the lumps on the ends of the antennae!... a wasp mimic!!.. cool bug....here's another tidbit...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/07/03/mydas-fly-20/

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hahaha, toots. you're doing the same thing i am. except i'm having no luck finding anything with a red belly band.
 
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Barb in Mississippi
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This will not help much, but I've seen that "wasp" before.
The link that Toots posted is interesting. There is a moth that looks just like it, except for the antenae and the "tail".
 
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muddyshoes
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Hmm So Mydas Fly ~~ does have the ring?
Maybe coming to my compost bin?


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Toots
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yeah, muddy... lookit the third link in my post.... shows the ring....


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muddyshoes
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Yep~~ (HUGS!) Hey, seems to be a beneficial insect that hangs out in woodlands & feeds on of all things beetle larvae (!!) Have plenty of that! LOL~~~ & grubs! Grubs are eating up all the lawns on my street! So figures DH would KILL him! OMG


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That's definitely a wasp.

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