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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Proctacanthus » Proctacanthus fulviventris
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ID for a Florida panhandle robber fly? - Proctacanthus fulviventris - male
Copyright © 2011 nvhamlett@gmail.com

ID for a Florida panhandle robber fly? - Proctacanthus fulviventris - Male
Santa Rosa Island, Escambia County, Florida, USA
May 23, 2011
This robber fly was spotted along the Blackbird Marsh Nature Trail at the Fort Pickens area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Any information about it's identity will be greatly appreciated!
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 25 May, 2011 - 2:23pm
Last updated 19 February, 2012 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthus.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 19 February, 2012 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

I believe
this is Proctacanthus fulviventris
… norman and cheryl lavers, 19 February, 2012 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for the ID! Love your Robber Flies of Crawley's Ridge website!
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 19 February, 2012 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 4 June, 2011 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

This is
A male Proctacanthus species. Still have not sorted out all the Florida possibilities.
… Herschel Raney, 4 June, 2011 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID! There are so many species for Robber Flies, and I am totally unfamiliar with the Florida ones. This will be a new BugGuide addition for Escambia County.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 4 June, 2011 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

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