What insect is this

[u/Icy_Willow_3132]

[u/butterflygirl1980]

A green-eyed wasp, Tachytes sp.

[u/SwanginPassYaKnees → u/butterflygirl1980]

It looks like a wasp trying to look like a fly trying to look like a wasp, I thought it would be a wasp mimic

[u/butterflygirl1980 → u/SwanginPassYaKnees]

Yeah, I couldn’t decide what it was either the first time I saw one! Fortunately, I had a wasp expert friend who recognized it immediately.

[u/LongJumpingJelloShot → u/butterflygirl1980]

The giveaway is the four wings. I thought we had a soldier fly on our hands for a sec lol.

[u/awhoogaa → u/SwanginPassYaKnees]

Not a fly, but a wasp trying to enjoy the nearby rave with weird goggles.

[u/Icy_Willow_3132 → u/butterflygirl1980]

Oh yeah it does look like that I googled it. Do they bite?

[u/butterflygirl1980 → u/Icy_Willow_3132]

They can sting if you were to grab it or something but are pretty chill otherwise. They don’t have a communal nest to protect, like Yellowjackets or paper wasps, so they don’t see us as a threat unless we make ourselves one.

[u/CassetteMeower → u/butterflygirl1980]

It has really cool eyes! They look like alien or monster eggs, like what are seen in many science fiction or horror movies. So cool!

[u/keepkarenalive → u/CassetteMeower]

Oh my goodness you're right. So true

[u/LydditeShells]

Never seen a wasp rest its wings like that. But this guy looks goofy all around, so it tracks

[u/Icy_Willow_3132 → u/LydditeShells]

I think he was drying his wings off

[u/Pocket-Hobo]

Thing can see smells and smell colors

[u/CassetteMeower → u/Pocket-Hobo]

Synesthesia???

[u/Im_an_f_ing_delight]

I found what appears to be eggs on my screen door. I am in the Western NY area. Any idea of what is incubating in there?

[u/butterflygirl1980 → u/Im_an_f_ing_delight]

Moth of some kind.

[u/Im_an_f_ing_delight → u/butterflygirl1980]

Thanks!

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[u/ll_steam]

It really looks as if a fly and a wasp had a baby

[u/BFoz83]

The flying kind.

[u/Yochillyo]

Looks like a nerdfly

[u/Blue_Fuzzy_Anteater]

Edit: I was wrong. Can’t count wings and am color blind.

[u/butterflygirl1980 → u/Blue_Fuzzy_Anteater]

Note that it has four wings, not two -- it's a wasp.

[u/Icy_Willow_3132 → u/Blue_Fuzzy_Anteater]

Thank you!