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Robber Fly - Holopogon oriens
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Gruber

Robber Fly - Holopogon oriens
Barneveld Prairie SNA, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
June 28, 2008
Size: ~ 1/3 inch
Relatively abundant this day on the ends of small brown stems on chest high plants, prairie.

I believe it to be Holopogon.
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 2 July, 2008 - 8:28pm
Last updated 22 November, 2009 - 2:13pm

Moved
Moved from Holopogon.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 22 November, 2009 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

As well as I can see the
hind tibia it seems not to get broader and broader but even to taper a little, so that it is not broader than the hind femur at the apex, suggesting that this is Holopogon oriens.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 22 November, 2009 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 2 November, 2009 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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