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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria grossa
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Need ID please - Laphria grossa
Copyright © 2006 John Young

Need ID please - Laphria grossa
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
June 16, 2006
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Contributed by John Young on 20 June, 2006 - 8:38am
Last updated 4 March, 2015 - 5:45pm

Moved
Moved from Bee-like Robber Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 4 March, 2015 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Laphria
Size is useful here. If this is one of the really big guys this is likely Laphria grossa, a robber fly, and one of the truly impressive insects. I think I can see some yellow on those first abdominal segments.
… Herschel Raney, 20 June, 2006 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
This is just an estimate, but
This is just an estimate, but I would say the fly was 1" in length.
… John Young, 20 June, 2006 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
Actually, I went back to the
Actually, I went back to the exact spot where the photo was taken and I measured to a fixed point of reference and compared it with the same reference in the photo. The fly is actually slightly longer than 1". It is more like 1.25".
… John Young, 20 June, 2006 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
Same fly different view:
Same fly different view:

… John Young, 20 June, 2006 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

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