My friend just got bit by a fly with red leg and the body was black, what was it???

Question

We are in south carolina, her back is all red now and it hurts...it had red long like bright red and a black body, it was a little bit bigger than a normal size fly.

could u post pictures plz???

thanks

Answer 1

probably a crane fly or a "mosquito hawk"

Here are some pics

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/flies/comm...

Answer 2

Learn to ID it with the help of theses sites -

http://www.insectimages.org/

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

http://greennature.com/article1899.html

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

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/