Moved from Mydas Flies.

To me, it looks a lot like a robber fly and a bit like a mydas fly.

I bought a small, used, cheap book Peterson First Guide to Insects, and you should probably pick one up. You won't use it long, but it's filled with stuff like fly vs. wasp.

The first thing you'll hear is that a fly has two wings, a wasp or bee four. That never helped much.

Flies usually have a short antenna; yours is an exception.

The wasp waist is another typical marker.

Of course, there are flies that mimic wasps and bees, sometimes I think just to totally confuse us!

its a fly