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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Ommatius
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Robber Fly (Asilinae) - Ommatius
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Schueman

Robber Fly (Asilinae) - Ommatius
Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 30, 2007
Size: ~9-10mm
Found up the embankment of the rain-water retention pond at the office. It was resting on a Milkweed leaf at the edge of a narrow swath of overgrown vegetation separating parking lots.

Just guessing from images in the guide, is this an Ommatius sp?

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Contributed by Stephen Schueman on 31 July, 2007 - 8:51pm
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 8:27pm

Ommatius
certainly Ommatius and I'm guessing because of the almost entirely dark femora O. tibialis.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 31 July, 2007 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Ommatius sp.
Thanks for the confirmation and the insight to species. Will move to genus page for a bit while I try to confirm. Again, thank you.
… Stephen Schueman, 6 August, 2007 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

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