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Mydas Fly (Mydas tibialis)
Photo#5663
Copyright © 2004
Erik Blosser
Mydas fly -
Mydas tibialis
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, USA
A front view. This fly was really big. Anyone know what it is?
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Contributed by
Erik Blosser
on 9 August, 2004 - 12:05am
Last updated 25 August, 2004 - 11:13am
Mydas tibialis
In an email to me,
B. C. Kondratieff
confirmed "Mydas tibialis is correct, a beautiful large species."
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Troy Bartlett
, 31 January, 2005 - 9:19pm
Mydas fly
Nice shot of the mydas fly, Mydas tibialis. They mimic the large sphecid wasp, Sphex nudus, near as I can tell.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 9 August, 2004 - 1:17pm