What type of fly is this?

[40Hands]

It almost looks like a bee but I think it's a fly. Or maybe not?

http://www.pbase.com/broe/image/78222101

 

[TheNinja]

teste

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
teste

I don't follow.

It's not a parasitic fly from Africa

 

[spidey07]

teet-sy fly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: spidey07
teet-sy fly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly

This was taken in Burlington, Vermont. I don't think that's what it is.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: 40Hands

Originally posted by: spidey07
teet-sy fly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly

This was taken in Burlington, Vermont. I don't think that's what it is.

You've got africanized tsete flies. Very dangerous. They are much more violent then non-africanized tsete flies with stronger venom. Be careful out there.

 

[olds]

Superfly

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Brundlefly-telepod fusion

 

[Captante]

Deer fly?


Edit: Information

 

[Luthien]

its a type of bee fly

Bombyliidae family

 

[40Hands]

Syrphid fly


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrphid_fly

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Syrphid fly


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrphid_fly

Winnar!

At first I thought it was a deer fly, I used to get bitten by those things when I was kid on my uncle's farm.

But it looks like the hoverfly in the link. No antennae.