North Texas zip code 75082. I think it's a male carpenter bee but am stumped on why it would be on top of what looks like a honey bee. Any thoughts?
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It's not a bee, but a robber fly (family Asilidae) in the genus Mallophora. It looks like Mallophora orcina, known as the southern bee killer - see https://www.insectimages.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=80351
Thanks, Flapdoodle! How interesting, I never would have figured that out. Southern bee killer fits it to a T.
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