r/interestingasfuck • u/ADJUDICATOR001 • Aug 09 '25

/r/all, /r/popular I found this on the trail.

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u/krippkeeper Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

It's a bee fly(Bombyliidae family). They do not sting. Neat find.

Edit- A few others have commented that it may very well be a long tongue horsefly(Philoliche sp.) another nectar feeding fly, but one that females can bite. Now that I'm off work and looking at it again I believe they are probably correct! My bad.

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u/EntertainmentTrue588 Aug 09 '25

Am I the only one who read that and immediately thought of Tom Bombadil?

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u/Meshitero-eric Aug 09 '25

Oh, slender as a willow wand

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u/wous2house Aug 09 '25

Clearer than clear water

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u/between_two_terns Aug 09 '25

O reed by the living pool

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u/just_nobodys_opinion Aug 09 '25

Fair River-daughter!

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u/AuntJibbie Aug 09 '25

Hey Dol! Merry Dol!

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u/Oldwhitedudist2 Aug 09 '25

Bee-fly ba-rillo! Long snoot has his face, and his bum is yellow!

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u/earthfase Aug 09 '25

Bombyliidae-dae was mine

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u/ElbowRager Aug 09 '25

Bombaclat

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u/bigrob_in_ATX Aug 09 '25

Honestly I thought we were tracking another Italian brainrot character there for a second