Thanks folks, I think it might be a carpenter bee. That kind of makes sense because I was spraying for carpenter ants in a shed I was repairing and it didn’t look well. It might well also been using my shed as a buffet.
> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:50 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Four wings so definitely not a fly, which are of the order Diptera. From > Greek di for two and pteron for wing. > >> On 22 September 2021 at 07:26 Toine <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> The eyes suggest it's a bee. I had to look it up, in europe black >> bee's (Apis mellifera mellifera) are a possible alternative for honey >> bee's. >> >> On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 00:11, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I saw this critter crawling around on the steps in front of my house and >>> got a few photos. I think that it is some sort of bee, but it almost looks >>> like a really big fly. Does anyone know what it is? >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719880913748 >>> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
