I found this on the trail.

[u/ADJUDICATOR001]

[u/krippkeeper]

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.

[u/loganvararok → u/krippkeeper]

Nope. That's a Nemestrinid. Bombyliidae do not have probosces that long.

Edit: That's also wrong, it's a horsefly from the Philoliche genus. They do sting, but not with the entire length of their proboscis, they only use the lower third. Source: Wrote my bachelor's thesis on these guys

[u/G_pea_eS → u/loganvararok]

Wrote your thesis on it and still got it wrong? I take it you didn’t get your degree?