A velvet ant.Velvet ants are really wingless wasps that are forced to crawl on the ground Because of their winglessness.They still have stings,Though,so be careful!
I don't know but my grandpa has these in his front yard, I'm trying to figure it out too
Sounds like a Tarantula Hawk but the have blue body and red wings not vice versa.
A Super Hornet
a butterfly
The Florida Predatory Stink Bug has black wings and a red body. The thorax on this insect features a blue color.
This criteria is a black wisdom
Possibly a woolly aphid?
a flying insect such as a beetle or lepidopteran such as a moth or butterfly
Xylocopa violacea, Violet Carpenter Bee
This fits the description of the very rare, and very dangerous South African Swamp Dauber.
Ichneumon Wasp I have found them in Utah, also.
The large bee you are describing is not a bee at all, it is a female Broad-bodied Chaser (a dragonfly). Females start off a very bright yellow color when they are born, and gradually become darker as age. Males also start off yellow, becoming pale blue once mature.
Blue Wings was created in 2002.
Blue Wings ended in 2010.
The subfamily Therclinae in the Lycaenidae family has butterflies that tend to have black body with blue dots on the wings. The type of butterfly is close to a hairstreak.