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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Microstylum » Microstylum morosum
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Large Robber Fly - Microstylum morosum - female
Copyright © 2017 Ron Johnson

Large Robber Fly - Microstylum morosum - Female
Hackberry Road and Salt Fork of the Arkansas River, Barber County, Kansas, USA
August 4, 2017
Size: 52mm
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Contributed by Ron Johnson on 9 August, 2017 - 12:31am
Last updated 9 August, 2017 - 9:11am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

Thanks Herschel.
… Bob Biagi, 9 August, 2017 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Looks like a fine
female Microstylum. Kansas has both species. They are the giants of the robber world in our part of the globe.
… Herschel Raney, 9 August, 2017 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Wow, I didn't know that they made them this big!
Abdomen tip without lateral extensions = It's a she (most likely) = ♀
This might be something in the genus Scleropogon, but I'm not sure. Hold on for an expert.
… Bob Biagi, 9 August, 2017 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

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