A large insect (bee?) fell out of a tree in NJ and i cant identify it. 2" long, huge wingspan,orange and black

Question

i thought it was a giant asian hornet, but it's definitely not. I have no clue! it was so big i've never seen anything like it

Answer 1

Learn to ID bugs, here -

http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

http://greennature.com/article1899.html

http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/life/a...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

http://www.insectimages.org/

Answer 2

cicada killer?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&as...