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Sphex pensylvanicus
Black wasp with purple wings, feel free to correct my ID.
Spotted on Jul 5, 2014
Submitted on Jul 7, 2014
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Wonderful creature - but it is actually a wasp-mimicking fly.
I am guessing a mydas fly - Mydidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mydas_fly