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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 divisor
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Mating Laphria - Laphria divisor - male - female
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

Mating Laphria - Laphria divisor - Male Female
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 12, 2006
Size: ~20mm
Herschel had described another Laphria with the same color pattern as L.divisor or possibly L.posticata. We checked out the L.divisor in the guide and those images have yellow hairs on the top of the head behind the eyes. Our flies have black hairs on the top of the head. Might that be indicative of posticata?
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 June, 2006 - 9:56pm
Last updated 16 June, 2007 - 2:54pm

Moved
Moved from Bee-like Robber Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 16 June, 2007 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot
L posticata should have black hairs on the scutellum (the small protrusion behind the main thoracic plate). I can't make that out here. Looks mostly yellow. These do look a bit different from the divisor I am used to.
… Herschel Raney, 20 June, 2006 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

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