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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Harpactorinae » Harpactorini » Zelus » Zelus tetracanthus
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Chrysops discalis? - Zelus tetracanthus
Copyright © 2009 Carol Davis

Chrysops discalis? - Zelus tetracanthus
Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah, USA
August 23, 2009
I'm only submitting this picture because I'm thrilled there is something preying on deer flies. I really liked this scenario! Will frass since it's not the same fly.

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Chrysops discalis? - Chrysops discalis - male Chrysops discalis? - Zelus tetracanthus
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 24 November, 2009 - 3:53pm
Last updated 25 November, 2009 - 10:56am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Carol Davis, 25 November, 2009 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

What a treat...
to see two of my favorite families together in one shot! The predator is an assassin bug, Zelus tetracanthus. And yes, I think the prey is C. discalis though I'm not 100% with the males. I think the maculated appearance of the wings is unique to the species.

If this isn't the same fly as the linked photo, I'd unlink them and put this one under Z. tetracanthus to illustrate another predator/prey interaction since it is much more common for these harpactorines to prey on slower-moving beetles and bugs.
… drswanny, 25 November, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the information and I will move this photo to Zelus.
… Carol Davis, 25 November, 2009 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

 
LOL!
Yeah, now if we could only train Zelus to sit on top of our heads all day...:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 November, 2009 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree..
A Zelus on one shoulder and a Robber Fly on the other.
… Carol Davis, 25 November, 2009 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

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