Biggest Fly I've Ever Killed

I expect giant cockroaches in Arizona. It's a given, along with cactus and scorpions. Sort of iconic, like seashells on the beach.

Now giant flies, I thought they were reserved for Texas or places that have some degree of humidity.

I'm sitting on the john with no where to run, when I hear a thundering bzzzzzz, louder than a standard bee bzzz. Then out of no where I see this giant black flying object. My first thought was of a carpenter bee, but it was too small for that.

After the kamikaze flight path toward my head, it settle on the counter top near me. I smashed it with the requisite bathroom reading material, then did what any reasonable person would do when faced with an above average abnormality in the commode.


I got my camera.