tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post8119262576634841394..comments2024-03-25T16:04:06.581-05:00Comments on MObugs: Tachinid FlyShelly Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-1542354908216273382017-09-12T17:42:27.227-05:002017-09-12T17:42:27.227-05:00Kept buzzing me and resting on my straw hat it loo...Kept buzzing me and resting on my straw hat it looked like small black bumble beeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-70609123089828639202011-06-10T10:02:47.447-05:002011-06-10T10:02:47.447-05:00I've lived in Texas 28 years. I had one in my ...I've lived in Texas 28 years. I had one in my car once- slightly injured myself exiting the vehicle. No one believed my tale of the inch-long fly.<br />Many years later, after I had convinced myself I had imagined the prehistoric size, I discovered an even bigger one making an ungodly racket around a fluorescent light in the garage. Rescuing it (?) involved a fish tank net and suppressed screams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-17896703123216117142010-09-12T22:19:04.702-05:002010-09-12T22:19:04.702-05:00Charlotte it sounds like that is exactly what you ...Charlotte it sounds like that is exactly what you found. It is harmless, in fact they are beneficial. As larvae they feed on insects such as moths. As adults they exclusively nectar at flowers.Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-51836242361044791802010-09-12T22:13:42.305-05:002010-09-12T22:13:42.305-05:00I live in texas and belive i saw one of these flie...I live in texas and belive i saw one of these flies recently for the first time in my life it had a black bristely body and a white head and was about half an inch long i found it in my bedroom and was scared to death could this be the same insect ?charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-7840595065588113802010-07-15T10:04:47.947-05:002010-07-15T10:04:47.947-05:00I agree they are interesting flies...I like watchi...I agree they are interesting flies...I like watching them too. I think the photos you sent me of your fly are like the fly in the second photo here. I had two different species going crazy after the nectar.Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-16385076759138082782010-07-15T07:26:40.254-05:002010-07-15T07:26:40.254-05:00Interesting family, I enjoyed watching the one I s...Interesting family, I enjoyed watching the one I sent to you.Yours looks like it has more bristles.Are they eating the mint or what is the draw.I didn't realize they drank the nectar, I had a group of another species on my coral bells, they were thick.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.com