This is the largest mosquito-like fly I've ever encountered. The body with head was just over 1 cm long. It appears to have some striping on its thorax and pale bands by its leg joints.
Tick was found dead and attached a day after visiting LLELA nature preserve Lewisville Texas. The tick is very small and the picture was a picture of picture on a phone from being zoomed in. Looks to be an unfed nymph possibly female. No other ticks matched until we found a picture of the Asian Longhorn.