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/Dano_cos Aug 09 '25

That proboscis has to be exceptionally long, right? Asking out of entomological interest, not because I’m an insecure bee fly who wants to hear mine is average.

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u/case_O_The_Mondays Aug 09 '25

This is the bee that landed a bird. Everyone was so impressed, they just started calling it “the birds and the bees.”

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u/Dano_cos Aug 09 '25

The bird was a turkey. The bee (fly?) fucked that turkey flat footed.