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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae
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robber flies - mating - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Phil Huntley-Franck

robber flies - mating - Male Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: approx 10 to 12 mm
For a few weeks in early June, these robber flies were mating all over the place. Now, at the end of July, I no longer find any.
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 28 July, 2009 - 9:42pm
Last updated 1 November, 2009 - 5:22pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 1 November, 2009 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful things
In the NE there are several Eudioctria and Dioctria. They are not always easy even in hand. This one has some bright orange tibias. Perhaps more distinctive.
… Herschel Raney, 28 July, 2009 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

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