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πŸͺ° Flies

Mydas Fly

Mydas clavatus

About

One of the largest flies in North America mimicking spider wasps with its black and orange coloring. Larvae are predators of beetle grubs in rotting wood.

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Did You Know?

It is such a convincing wasp mimic that even experienced entomologists can be initially fooled.