what is this bug?

[rh71]

I've been meaning to ask all summer. It's brownish and looks like an ant but flies - got some weirdly shaped symmetrical wings, not fully round.

 

[Strk]

Any chance for a crappier picture?

 

[IronWing]

From your pic I'm calling it a lobster fly. From your written description I'm guessing termite. Do they swarm after rain storms and engage in flying orgies?

 

[rh71]

Any chance for a crappier picture?

hey it was a much larger crappier picture before I cropped it so pipe down

 

[dank69]

It's a dickbutt

 

[manimal]

It's a dickbutt

lol


your most likely to get "bit" when hanging out at the truck stop and the airport in Minnesota

 

[Muse]

my guess is it's a bleedin' insect

 

[T_Yamamoto]

It's a dickbutt

 

[olds]

Pic is blocked but from description I'd guess carpenter ant or termite.

 

[purbeast0]

1995 called, it wants it's camera back.

 

[PenguinPower]

Looks like a larval varkid. Watch out...

 

[olds]

Looks like a larval varkid. Watch out...

Don't they carry Ebola?

 

[amdhunter]

African Killer Bloodsucker

Totally harmless and loves to be petted.

 

[HN]

 

[rh71]

1995 called, it wants it's camera back.

Heh, believe it or not it's a Note 3 camera taken through some blinds I was too lazy to raise, with a lot of light in the background from outside and the bug is through the glass which is reflecting the white wood on the inside, so this is what you get.

I can't believe nobody knows what this is. It's not like many bugs have these wings.

 

[Mermaidman]

It's just some harmless wasp, or could be an ant: Ant queens and males grow wings. Definitely hymenoptera due to narrow waist.

 

[master_shake_]

judging by the size and the time of year im gonna go with pubic lice.

ps red frame is tacky

 

[AMCRambler]

It's just some harmless wasp, or could be an ant: Ant queens and males grow wings. Definitely hymenoptera due to narrow waist.

Hymen whaaaa?

 

[fralexandr]

how big was it?

my guess
velvet ant (male)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/159/bgpage

 

[John Connor]

LMAO! That's the first I seen this.

 

[alzan]

It's the Ebola bug.

Panic!!!!

 

[rh71]

judging by the size and the time of year im gonna go with pubic lice.

ps red frame is tacky

You have some huge pubic lice.

Red frame is done by default with the Windows snipping tool. Can't screenshot anything faster than that tool! It's tres awesome. And yes, I screenshotted a bigger pic to crop it.

PS... it's a negative on the hymen...

 

[rh71]

PS2... I found it!

https://ask.extension.org/questions/127493

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/flies/delphinia_picta.htm

 

[olds]

Found the OP's camera.