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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Machimus » Machimus occidentalis
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Robber 8 - Machimus occidentalis - male
Copyright © 2008 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Robber 8 - Machimus occidentalis - Male
Lake Tahoe National Forest, Sierra County, California, USA
July 3, 2008
Size: 2cm or so
This was a pretty large robber, it appears to be eating some sort of wasp

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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 7 July, 2008 - 7:02pm
Last updated 20 July, 2008 - 9:10pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 July, 2008 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Machimus occidentalis male;
good shot of this fly in action.
… Eric Fisher, 20 July, 2008 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

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