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Asilid - Laphria posticata - male

Asilid - Laphria posticata - Male
Town Dump Ln in Gotham, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA
May 30, 2016
Found on discarded tree limb in town dump. It posed nicely for a couple of shots.

Laphria posticata again?

Moved

Hmm
I don't believe this is grossa. My best guess is a really yellow posticata. I'll double check, but I think I have one or two specimens similar to this.

 
I see a few
In that area that do have extended yellow. One was taken by the same photog and was also posticata. Makes more sense. These look more slight overall, and better groomed somehow.

Does not
appear to be any of the sensu strictu Laphria known for Wisconsin. Appears to be grossa. I can't make it anything else at the moment. Ben should take a look.

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