Robber fly

Thanks Juan and Karen I updated the spotting with the simple scientific name, I will keep the research to find the exact species. Thank you!

Hi Phillip, I totally agree with Karen, this is a bee mimetic Robber fly, and the structures at the end of the body is part of the genitalia

Thanks Karen

I'm not 100% but I believe this may be the male genitalia. Females have a long ovipositor that does look a lot like a hornet stinger but robber flies do not sting.

Thanks Karen, do you have any idea what that "stings" are?

This looks to be some kind of robber fly (Asilidae sp.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae

Male moths have claspers though. So do dragonfly males, right?

Claspers are only found on cartilaginous creatures (mostly marine), no Arthropods so I don't think this bee-like insect has claspers.

Very strange and interesting insect. I wonder of the "sting" could be claspers of a male??