scolia ardens or scolia dubia (has yellow spots on body)?
The insect you are describing sounds like a member of the genus Cicindela, also known as a tiger beetle. These beetles have metallic blue-green wings and a reddish-brown elongated body resembling an ant. They are commonly found in open sandy areas where they hunt for prey.
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a butterfly
the area of north Carolina is surrounded by a large body of water
Four states touching North Carolina are Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina. The Atlantic Ocean is a body of water touching North Carolina.
North Carolina is not surrounded by any body of water but it's eastern coast is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Florida Predatory Stink Bug has black wings and a red body. The thorax on this insect features a blue color.
some body
The black and blue hairy flower wasp (Scolia soror) and the great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) are bugs that have black bodies and black-blue wings. The steel-blue aphid- and cricket-hunting wasp (Chlorion gerarium) gives black-and-blue impressions that cautiously closer inspection proves to be more black of wings and blue of body. The three insects will be found respectively in Australia (case 1) and North America (examples 2, 3).
A parrot
This criteria is a black wisdom
they were blueish body with a red beak dark blue wings at the tips