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Robber flies making babies! - Holcocephala abdominalis - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Thomas of Baltimore City

Robber flies making babies! - Holcocephala abdominalis - Male Female
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
August 6, 2007
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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 10 September, 2007 - 10:22am
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 6:12pm

Moved
Moved from Holcocephala.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 10 September, 2007 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Holco
All three species occur in MD but this is probably abdominalis.
… Herschel Raney, 10 September, 2007 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

robber flies
Nice shot. I did not know that there was a Karma Sutra for flies!
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 10 September, 2007 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
Mallanaga Vātsyāyana adapted some of the positions from watching creatures such as these?
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 10 September, 2007 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

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