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Robber Fly - Neoitamus flavofemoratus - male
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Robber Fly - Neoitamus flavofemoratus - Male
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2006
Size: 14mm
Is this a Machimus?

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Robber Fly - Neoitamus flavofemoratus - male Robber Fly - Neoitamus flavofemoratus - male
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Contributed by tom murray on 10 June, 2006 - 10:43pm
Last updated 15 June, 2006 - 6:47am

I believe so
Tom I just posted one today of what looks like a younger version of yours. http://bugguide.net/node/view/57168

took the picture on the same day you did. (6/10/06)

Only a few states away from ya.
… mike2010, 11 June, 2006 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Machimus
Mike, thanks for the second opinion. It looks like the robber flies are coming out now. Yesterday, I found 4 other different species.
… tom murray, 12 June, 2006 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

 
Mach
I think this is a Mach Tom or something in a close genus. It is pretty distinctive with those legs and may be identifiable to a northeasterner like Mike Thomas. I will have him look.
… Herschel Raney, 12 June, 2006 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Herschel
That would be great to get an ID for this and some others I'm posting now. This weekend I participated in a couple bioblitz's and am now trying to determine the species I saw.
… tom murray, 12 June, 2006 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Robber
Mike Thomas thinks this is Neoitamus flavofemoratus. Genitalia look odd but it may be because they are folded down onto the leaf.
… Herschel Raney, 14 June, 2006 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
name missing?
I see that the Fly Nomenclator lists no robber fly with a specific epithet of flavofemoratus. Is that an oversight? Or is there another name for this species?
… Robin McLeod, 7 July, 2006 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

 
Neoitamus flavofemoratus
Herschel, thanks for making the contact with Mike Thomas, and getting a species ID.
… tom murray, 15 June, 2006 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

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