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Bee Killer - Mallophora orcina
Copyright © 2006 Ken Hovey

Bee Killer - Mallophora orcina
Newalla, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
August 8, 2006
I used the Guide to ID this robber fly but I noticed that Oklahoma was not listed on the range..so here is one from Oklahoma
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Contributed by Ken Hovey on 9 August, 2006 - 9:21pm
Last updated 10 August, 2006 - 12:46am

Nice
This is Mallphora orcina, as you seem to have noted. OK, TX and AZ are the only western states that it is recorded within.
… Herschel Raney, 9 August, 2006 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee Killer
Yea! That's one that I am trying to ID.....Thanks from AZ
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