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The larger insect looked like some type of bee. It was carrying a dead bumble bee with what looked to be it's stinger.
Spotted on Aug 7, 2013
Submitted on Aug 7, 2013
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Cool find! The larger insect with the bumble bee in it's mouth is a Bee-like Robber Fly. Robber Flies are voracious predators. The Bee-like Robber Flies are Bumble Bee mimics.
It will probably be difficult to get a species on the Robber Fly but here is a link to the Bugguide page for the Genus:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/5234
If you click on the "Browse" tab it will give you a list of the species.