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Laphria columbica? - Laphria - male

Laphria columbica? - Laphria - Male
Port Orchard, WA, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
July 20, 2008
Size: 1"
Unknown-resembles robber fly in habits and appearance. Very active bug, keen hunter.
other examples:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/71685
http://bugguide.net/node/view/52915

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Laphria columbica? - Laphria - male Robber fly bee mimic? - Laphria

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

Probably
A male Laphria columbica. But massive list in WA. The big L. grossa does not occur in WA but this is a true Laphria sensu sticta.

Robber fly
Laphria species. I'm not good enough with these to say which one it is.

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