a wasp of some sort

I'm inclined to say it's a dirt dauber, but...can't really say for sure, photo is a little blurry and not very clear on the coloration

I'd have to agree with this after hearing more about the color.

http://www.pestproducts.com/muddauberwasps.htm

^^^ more info on them.

They can sting... but not usually.

you're probably right since it doesn't have a stinger

I would have said the same thing, but mud daubers are regular-wasp sized - usually substantially longer than 3/4".

How large is it?

Under 3/4" / less than 1cm. No stinger.

Look around your house for little mud-nests. It sounds like a dirt-dauber.

Looks like someone released the cracken!

Or it might just be a wasp?

Looks like a wasp of some sort. I get them in the house a TON >.> we have holes lol

a hornet? maybe but omg fucking creepy

to be honest it looks like a form of a wasp possibly a yellow jacket, note me, with were you live so i can help you pinpoint it

Richmond, Virgina; Near West End.

does it have a yellow striped but?

Nope. All black. Almost ant-like.

any red tint to it? sorry the pic cant really show me the colors im looking for

to be honest it looks like a goldenrod wasp of possible a variant of it it looks very similar to its pattern and wing setup

The wings are clear, legs are brown, and body is black. It may be a wasp, but pin pointing which one is seeming to be difficult.

yeah there are a lot of variants to them and with out my book i cant pin point it exactly right now, but yeah is definatly a wasp hope your not alergic to wasps

Nope. I'm okay, and there's no pain. A small welt, but with ice, it went down a lot.

I'd be tempted to guess Paper Wasp, but the abdomen is thicker and the body is heavier.

Maybe a bee.
Not sure.

It's a wasp of some sort, but I can't make out details or colors well from this photo.

You'll be fine.

It's all black. No stinger.

It's definitely a wasp, but I can't find a good match for it.

It seems to be a wasp, but I'm not having much luck either. I'm tempted to bring it into work and see if any of the teachers might have a bit of luck with it.

a terrible. it's a terrible.

Looks like a Black Wasp..hard to say. If you start feeling really ill and the bit/stung area looks bad I would go see a doctor and bring the dead bug with you so they can now what to do

There's a puncture mark, but no stinger. I put ice on it for five minutes, and it has shrunk. It puffed up as much as a normal mosquito bite usually does. No pain or itching.

Hmm..well it dose look like a wasp and like fireants they bite first to get ahold of you then sting. I don't know everything about wasps but maybe male wasps don't have stingers so maybe just maybe you annoyed it somehow and it just bit you and seeing how big they are they can bite pretty hard for a bug. Keep ahold of the thing and if the bite starts to look bad in any way by tomorrow take the bug to the doctor and see if they know what it is and if they have something for it.

Looks to be a "brown wasp" to me

Wasps/hornets don't leave sting behind when they sting you thus they can sting multiple times without dying...unlike a bee.

To me it looks like a "Great Black Wasp" but those guys get really big! Could be a paper wasp (http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/WaspPaper02.jpg) those guys are mean as all hell...but normally you get stung by one and others around will come to do the same. Some have said "Dirt/Mud Dobber" but the body doesn't look right (http://www.idobugs.com/p7lsm_img_1/thumbs/muddauber_tmb.jpg)

I'd check the area where you were stung to make sure you're not reacting or anything.

After identifying this bastard, I'd take a can of hairspray and an aim flame and send it to the pits of hell. O_O

People keep saying wasp - I'm not an expert on wasps, but I have yet to see a hornet/wasp/mud-dauber that was LESS than an inch long, and Cicada Killers tend more toward two inches. I've also never seen a wasp with a proboscis, especially as wasps are near-universally predatory and wouldn't have much use for one. I really don't think this is a wasp at all. Any chance you could get a photo of it with a ruler or a penny or something for a better idea of the scale?

I agree with the fly idea, but where do you see a proboscis?

It's the curly bit coming out the front of his face; the shorter straight bit should be the antennae.

That long curly thing it it's antennae...The shorter one id just broken ^^;...No fly has a mouthpart as long and as curled as that....only butterflies and moths do...Also, it looks quite segmented.

More researchy fun: it looks like it's probably a fly of some kind. It's the right size, has a proboscis, does NOT have a stinger, has bulbous eyes (as near as I can tell from the photo) and straight club-like antennae. This nifty page here has a pretty good explanation of the differences between the orders that contain wasps/bees/winged ants and the one that contains flies, and your tiny nemesis here seems to fit just about all of the fly characteristics.

I haven't found anything more specific yet, but I'm still looking.

Do you think you can get a clearer shot of the eye shape? Also, look at the wings...Is there one pair or two? If there is only one pair then it is a fly! If two, a wasp of some sort :3

Really that's all there is to it is the wings X3...You'll most defiantly be fine :3...

It's definitely a wasp. It's hard to tell by the photo, but it looks like a type of parasitoid. It would be a male parasitoid, which would explain the absence of a stinger. I'm reluctant to say it's a type of dauber because of the size; dauber's tend to be much bigger than 1 cm. Also, because it doesn't have a "thread" waist. Mud daubers are in the family Specinae, and Specinae are the thread-waisted wasps. If it is indeed a parasitoid, it would be very hard to get a positive ID on them since the parasitoid subset of wasps is SO vast.

For reference, I'm a student of entomology. I hope this helps!

I couldn't find anything on the internets when I was looking that suggested any wasps had probosci, but then again, I'm not an entomologist, and neither is Google. All the same, ALL OF THEM that I could find (which was a hell of a lot more than I thought I'd find) had biting mandibles; what sorts of wasps have a proboscis?

I trust this person XD She has correctly identified so many things it's silly... :3

So far, that's the closest to the images of it that I've seen. I'm going to try to get a positive ID on it locally soon. I still have it (it's dead, but in one piece), but if you'd like it for your studies I can mail you it.

My professor and mentor is actually an entomologist who specializes in parasitic wasps. If anyone can get an almost positive ID to absolutely positive ID on it, it's her. I'll think about having you mail it to me. I'll get back to you :3

these are usual over my town in México, they usually appear when the rainy season is gonna start, they're not wasps, but ants...
these fly around to try to bang the queen before it buries and sets a nest.

at least I mean they look similar..