Black bee Fly

Description:

Very large bee-fly. It has a black body approximately 0.6 inch long. The wings have the characteristic swept back look like may members of the bombylinde family. The wings are about 1-1.25 inches across. they are multitoned. The rear portions of the wing being transparent; the front being black. The wings The head is quite round and has dominant large compound.The body apppears to have at least 5 segments with dot patterns. Body hair is apparent. The bee-fly was feeding on both wildflowers and inspecting the ground. The behavior and flying habits are similar to that of the skipper butterflies.

Habitat:

Field enclosed by trees. Lots of wild flowers.

Notes:

Picture of this species can be found at the bugguide.net site. One person has named it: http://bugguide.net/node/view/321957 Anthrax georgicus The above is good picture with the spots on the abdomen.