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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Mallophora fautrix
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My First Robber At Home - Mallophora fautrix
Copyright © 2008 Chuck Entz

My First Robber At Home - Mallophora fautrix
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 11, 2008
This is the closest I could get to a face shot before it spooked.

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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 11 July, 2008 - 6:26pm
Last updated 11 July, 2008 - 10:59pm

Nice
In CA there is only one Mallophora. It is M. fautrix. A fine one.
… Herschel Raney, 11 July, 2008 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Now to find out more about them
… Chuck Entz, 11 July, 2008 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
If these
Are in your yard it would be great to see a shot of the female creating her white egg mass for comparison to the other two species we have this on.
… Herschel Raney, 12 July, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

One of
the bee killers maybe. Check under Mallophora to see if there's a match until Herschel can have a look. Great shots:)
… Jon M. Yuschock, 11 July, 2008 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

why don't they make stuffed asilid toys?
*
… v belov, 11 July, 2008 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
It *is* cute...
but maybe the part about grabbing unsuspecting victims out of the air, pumping them full of digestive enzymes, sucking them dry, then leaving an empty shell for a corpse might have something to do with it...

Come to think of it, though, that would be par for the course for some celebrities...
… Chuck Entz, 11 July, 2008 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

 
but, i mean,
u'll find a stuffed croc ot tiger in every toy store... But just wait till a legal requirement pops up to post 'Predator -- Parent discretion advised' label on each teddy bear
… v belov, 11 July, 2008 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

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