My wife and I were checking on the Habitat this evening when this monster landed on the dock - a tiger bee fly (Xenox tigrinus). It is actually a common, beneficial insect; it parasitizes carpenter bees. Carpenter bees are those large bees that are constantly drilling into wood surfaces of your home when you would rather that they don't. This fly lays its' eggs in the bee, and when they hatch they eat the bee alive. Kinda' gross I guess, but that's nature for ya' - it isn't always pretty . . .
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