I found a weird bug in my house?

Question

theres this weird bug that i found. Its like a fly but the abdomal segment is long with black and white strips on it.(there might have been a stinger on the end). the head was like a normal fly and wings seemed bigger. i also found a similar fly like it.except smaller. and the abdomal segment has a little fuzzy stuff on the end with a red dot in the middle. any1 know if the fly is like a wasp or sumthin

Answer 1

http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&k...

Answer 2

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

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

http://www.insectimages.org/

Answer 3

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

If they look like these they are hover flies. They do not sting. I dunno about the dot and the fuzzy stuff. Maybe something got stuck to it on its travels.

Answer 4

I think it may be a wasp or some type of bee or a hornet.