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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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Unknown bee/fly - Mallophora fautrix - male - female
Copyright © 2010 carmelablue

Unknown bee/fly - Mallophora fautrix - Male Female
downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, USA
August 5, 2010
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Contributed by carmelablue on 5 August, 2010 - 10:32pm
Last updated 29 November, 2010 - 11:47am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 29 November, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 27 August, 2010 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

a Bicycle Robber?
Hope the owner had it locked up (sorry, couldn't resist!)....
… Michael Battenberg, 6 August, 2010 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
some kind of Robber Fly
Michael, that is funny :)
Thank you for your input, I appreciate it.
… carmelablue, 6 August, 2010 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

These are...
...some species of Robber Fly but I am not sure which.

An example :

Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina)


Your specimens are likely to be a different species so please wait for one of the experts to comment.

I will crop your image to show more of the flies and less bicycle :)
… Ron M., 5 August, 2010 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

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