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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Hanging-thieves (Diogmites)
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robber fly - Diogmites
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

robber fly - Diogmites
st. pete, pinellas County, Florida, USA
June 4, 2008
Size: 2 inches
Can anyone help me ID this robber fly?
I was so excited when I saw him, but he didn't let me get very close before he flew away. :o(((
It was the first one I've ever seen.
Thanks!
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 5 June, 2008 - 11:37am
Last updated 16 June, 2008 - 9:28am

Moved
Moved from Diogmites neoternatus.
… Matt Edmonds, 16 June, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

It is
The bugguide favorite, Diogmites neoternatus.
… Herschel Raney, 5 June, 2008 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Herschel
Since you told me that robber flies are the Bugguide favorite.... I have noticed how many are posted!!! :o)
… Matt Edmonds, 6 July, 2008 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks guys!

Why bugguide favorite? Do lots of people post robber flies? It's the first one I've ever seen.... and I've looked at bugs my whole life!
… Matt Edmonds, 5 June, 2008 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
More than 2200 robber flies are posted here.
Yours, however, is just the second of its species to be posted from Florida. Check out the Data tab - where and when stuff - and Images -counts by genus, family, species - for info like this. (For counts on images, go to the last page. Add the number of images on that page to the number at the far right of the URL to get a total for that particular category.)
… Ron Hemberger, 6 June, 2008 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

ID
Nice portrait. Maybe Diogmites.
… Andy Calderwood, 5 June, 2008 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

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