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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria astur
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Unknown Mallophora sp. 1 - Laphria astur
Copyright © 2003 Scott Nelson

Unknown Mallophora sp. 1 - Laphria astur
Deschutes Nat. For., Deschutes County, Oregon, USA
June 27, 2003
Size: 23 mm
This is the first of 3 different specimens collected. I don't know if they are all the same species or not. They do come from different localities however. If you can ID, help is appreciated.

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 28 December, 2007 - 9:15pm
Last updated 29 December, 2007 - 9:00am

Wow
Again, Laphria, and this is a male. L. partitor males should have easily visible red hair on the legs. This is likely L. astur in the other sex. Great face.
… Herschel Raney, 28 December, 2007 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the ID on this fly, Herschel. I have not had a name for it for the last few years now and am finally posting some older material. I love photographing robber flies. Even my wife states they appear "almost fuzzy and cuddly except for that wicked mouth dagger."
… Scott Nelson, 29 December, 2007 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

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