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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria affinis
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Flumble By? - Laphria affinis
Copyright © 2015 Knighthawk36

Flumble By? - Laphria affinis
Forum, Madison County, Arkansas, USA
September 20, 2015
Size: 2 1/2 "
At first glance this looks very similar to a common Eastern Bumble bee. However in closer examination, the legs are different, the eyes are different (round rather than elongated), the feet are different, and the thorax more slender and the wings appear longer.
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Contributed by Knighthawk36 on 5 October, 2015 - 6:15pm

Robber Fly
After looking over the pictures that are posted of the robber flies, I am seeing several that look almost identical. Thank you so much for your information. I have always lived in cities, and moved to rural AR this summer (I go SOOOOOO tired of the city). But I have been seeing all kinds of life that I have never seen before and am finding it fascinating. Now I know where to turn when I find something else.

Thanx again.
… Knighthawk36, 5 October, 2015 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Cities
are for dining out and theatre. Not for day to day living. Welcome to the treeline.
… Herschel Raney, 5 October, 2015 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 October, 2015 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

One of the
most impressive Laphria. Fast and often skittish. And the only one in most of the southeast visible in Sept. It is L. affinus.

Also a county record. Mainly because no one in the past collected robbers in the fall. Visible until Dec in some southern states. This is our eighth county for this species.
… Herschel Raney, 5 October, 2015 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Laphria, I expect. The experts should be able to give you a species.

Thanks for posting and welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 October, 2015 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Robber Fly
One of the experts here is from Arkansas so this will be easy for him to id.
… Dave Rogers, 5 October, 2015 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

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