Hi All!
Something I've never seen before. Pretty sure it's a bee or even a kind of sawfly? There were several of them late afternoon. They ranged in size(I'm guessing)from slightly under an inch to slightly over that. What was so cute was the manner of wing movement-very soft and flutterly-like, closer to the way a butterfly moves than to a bee. I heard the neighbor kids saying-" eww wasp! hornet! I sure hope they weren't over there. Mom didn't grab the insecticide can. They look gentle, as if they can't even sting. Anybody that can ID it? Thank You! in advance!

They are pretty much harmless..It is called a Sculptured Resin Bee (Megachile sculpturalis), native to east Asia, recently introduced to North America. It was first reported in North Carolina in June, 1994. They are opportunistic and nest in existing wooden cavities, rather than excavating their own. They effectively pollinate kudzu.
More info on them here - http://www.discoverlife.org/mp...

I collected and donated specimens of this bee on my property for a Taxonomic Paper written by Katherine A. Parys PhD. at USDA-ARS Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Stoneville, MS..
Click the following link for the paper at the Biodiversity Data Journal...... http://biodiversitydatajournal...

Here's a photo that I took of some on my property

Hi Goat Driver and thank you...
I also posted this on the butterflies and bees forum. I did discover what it was right after finally asking. I wrote a bit about it over there. I just haven't figured out how to mark the thread as "solved". Although they aren't native, and definitely not so beneficial for pollinating kudzu(the plant that ate the south) :
I was intrigued with them. They were only here for several days. I've already read the info on the first link but not the second, so I'm off to do that! Thanks again and if you can possibly mark the thread on B&B forum would you mind doing that for me?- if not dont worry about it