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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Red-footed Cannibalfly (Promachus rufipes)
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Robber fly on raspberry leaves (Promachus rufipes)? - Promachus rufipes - male
Copyright © 2011 esellers

Robber fly on raspberry leaves (Promachus rufipes)? - Promachus rufipes - Male
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
August 12, 2011
Size: 1 inch
I was scanning for bees but these flies kept catching my eye instead. They seemed to be quite numerous.
I'm not sure how one determines the sex of a fly so didn't hazard a guess.
And are those orange appendages at the end of its legs milkweed pollinia or... feet?
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Contributed by esellers on 23 September, 2011 - 1:56pm
Last updated 12 October, 2011 - 3:42pm

Yes, P. rufipes male
P. rufipes male
… norman and cheryl lavers, 12 October, 2011 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 12 October, 2011 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Looks more like Promachus rufipes ?
Now that I've looked at the other flies in Asilidae...
… esellers, 23 September, 2011 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

those are pulvilli
see http://www.geller-grimm.de/morph/morph05.htm, so i guess you could call them feet ;>
… Lee Elliott, 23 September, 2011 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah pulvilli! Of course!
Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to figure that out. One learns a new thing every day! Now to try to use this new word in a sentence...
… esellers, 23 September, 2011 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 September, 2011 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Promachus hinei.
… esellers, 23 September, 2011 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

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