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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Mydas Flies (Mydidae) » Leptomydinae » Pseudonomoneura » Pseudonomoneura hirta
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Robber Fly, Styled as Road Agent (Uh, Actually a Mydas Fly.) - Pseudonomoneura hirta - male
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Robber Fly, Styled as Road Agent (Uh, Actually a Mydas Fly.) - Pseudonomoneura hirta - Male
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
June 16, 2006
Finally, I found one just sitting by the roadside, ready and waiting to go into action. Easily approached, as these things go.
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 16 June, 2006 - 6:56pm
Last updated 5 April, 2016 - 10:46pm

Moved
Moved from Pseudonomoneura.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 March, 2010 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hatmut.
.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 March, 2010 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
At times I wear a hat,
which might make me 'Hatmut'. Now, when I wear a cap, should I be 'Capmut'?
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 March, 2010 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, what a Mutt am I.
You should don a helmet and become Helmut. I should stand in the corner. Sorry for my gaffe.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 March, 2010 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Funny as always, Ron -
You'll laugh, but Helmut is one of my middle names.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 March, 2010 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

Hello Ron,
I just found a Pseudonomoneura female in the desert, looks like P. hirta , and the males are black and yellow. I sent a link to your photo to Jim Hogue, who helped with the ID, for comment.
… Hartmut Wisch, 28 April, 2008 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hartmut.
I really like these flies and hope to photograph more.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 April, 2008 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mydas Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 2:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Keith
for the ID and the move.
… Ron Hemberger, 10 February, 2008 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

Sorry it is not a robber... t
Sorry it is not a robber... the wing veination and he antenna are typical for Mydidae. But they are close related to robberflies...
… Martin Hauser, 17 June, 2006 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

 
Now I know why it was easier to photograph.
Didn't know Mydidae existed. Will look more closely at future flies. The antennae in particular seem distinctive.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 June, 2006 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

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