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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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Wasp or Dragonfly eating my butterflies - Promachus rufipes
Copyright © 2012 Susan Egelseer

Wasp or Dragonfly eating my butterflies - Promachus rufipes
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
August 7, 2012
Whatever it is, it is ambushing the butterflies in the butterfly bush. What is it?
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Contributed by americusgardeninn on 8 August, 2012 - 4:54pm
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 3:01pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 17 June, 2013 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

You can read more about Robber Flies here.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 August, 2012 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

It definitely is not a dragon
It definitely is not a dragonfly and it looks like a robber fly.
… mrcnaturally, 8 August, 2012 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
There are so many species of
There are so many species of dragonflies in our garden this year and I knew this didn't really look like a dragonfly. But, the size and the predatorial nature made me think it might be in that classification. Thank you for your comments.
… americusgardeninn, 8 August, 2012 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

Robber Fly
I'm afraid I can't identify it down to the exact species, though.
… Evan R.Z., 8 August, 2012 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the identificat
Thank you for the identification. What makes them special?
… americusgardeninn, 8 August, 2012 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
I can't really tell you anything special about them...
...as I haven't really studied up on robber flies that much (I'm also just not an insect expert in general). But, you can read about them here.
… Evan R.Z., 8 August, 2012 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

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