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Robber Fly - Leptogaster flavipes
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Robber Fly - Leptogaster flavipes
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 20, 2009
Size: 13mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 June, 2009 - 9:47am
Last updated 16 December, 2009 - 1:56pm

Moved
Moved from Leptogaster.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 16 December, 2009 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

The mainly yellowish legs
suggest this is Leptogaster flavipes, which happens to be the only genus Leptogaster listed for Mass.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 16 December, 2009 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Leptogaster flavipes
Norman and Cheryl, thanks for putting a species name to this robber!
… tom murray, 16 December, 2009 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Good thing you're looking at these. Thanks for the info Herschel.
… tom murray, 22 June, 2009 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

I don't think
This is Tipulogaster Tom. Antenna and thoracic shield look wrong. Probably in true Leptogaster genus.
… Herschel Raney, 22 June, 2009 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

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