Time to continue with more flies! This guy is from genus Cerdistus, part of a group of successful aerial predators known as robber flies. Harmless to humans, they catch other insects on the wing.
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If you're interested in how I can tell it's a guy and not a gal, here's a gal! At the tip of the abdomen, males have grasping appendages and females have poking ones: it's an ovipositor for laying eggs, not a stinger.
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