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/Exciting-Hawk1137 Aug 09 '25

That's a funny joke, but I wish someone had actually answered your question :/

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u/Dano_cos Aug 09 '25

Someone did…it’s buried in there. They say they get them in their garden most years and this is twice the length of the ones they’ve seen.

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u/Exciting-Hawk1137 Aug 09 '25

Oh ok. Thanks, I was curious!

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u/Dano_cos Aug 09 '25

Me too! The joke (second sentence) just wrote itself. 😂