What kind of bug?

10 years ago

Hi, found this bug in my veggie garden last year and on my fruit trees this spring. Anyone know what it is? Beneficial or not?

Thanks

Comments (7)

SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BC
10 years ago
Answered in another forum
zzackey
10 years ago
Mmmmmm. I wonder what forum that was? Looks like a wasp. I don't think it's a problem. Sorry I don't know for sure. Grasshoppers, caterpillars, stink bugs and leaf footed bugs are my problem bad bugs here.
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BC
10 years ago
It looks like an asilidae commonly called an assassin fly. They are much fun to watch hunt. Interestingly I have noticed they usually carry prey by the dorsal side.

SCG
NortherOntario
Original Author
10 years ago
someone answered on another forum that it was a March fly. I believe that is what it is.
jean001a
10 years ago
compare w/ this march fly, a female
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/march_flies_closeup1.htm

Here is a link that might be useful: march fly, female
Kimmsr
10 years ago
Looks more likie a March Fly to me than an Assassin Fly.

Here is a link that might be useful: Assassin Fly
zzackey
10 years ago
Just because you don't know what is it is doesn't mean you should kill it!! Most bugs are harmless. Please go to an Entomology site of the University of Florida or Georgia before you decide to kill a bug. You might be killing a beneficial insect.