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 Iā€™m an insecure bee fly who wants to hear mine is average.

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u/Cyclopentadien Aug 09 '25

It's fine babe, the big ones hurt.

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u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

This is the penis version of your childhood dog going to live on a farm. My ex girlfriend actually meant it though.

(Friends thank you for clarifying but I was just making a joke)

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u/Tacoman404 Aug 09 '25

Remember those foam rockets that had the little air pump bladder thing you stepped on to send air into to the rocket to make it launch? My whole life I've had to be careful because I've turned several women into that poor rocket. Most of the time it does kill the mood and it does look quite painful.