On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, James Morton wrote:
 
> They were probably at least an 1" long. The size was amazing to
> us  as well as the fact that we would see them mostly at night on our back
> porch  buzzing the lights like a moth. Although they were very scary they
> never
>  attacked us and eventually we stopped seeing them. They did not have fuzz
> on their bodies. They were actually a pretty color. Kind of a rich rust
> color.<
>
> The bald bodies, large size and nocturnal activity suggest to me that they
> were not bees at all. In Europe, my guess would be the hornet Vespa crabo.
> Is this species is present in the US?
 
These actually sound like what we call June Bugs here in Canada.  They
buzz around the lights at night and make quite a noise.  Also June Bugs
have a similar colour.  But they arent a bee or even a Vespa as far as I
know.  I think they are in the beetle family.
 
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