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Robber Fly... Parasite?
Copyright © 2006 Andrew Meeds

Robber Fly... Parasite?
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
taken on my slide (swing set)... note its middle left leg... is that a parasite or something?
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 12 September, 2006 - 6:50pm
Last updated 16 September, 2006 - 12:56pm

Robber
Looks like something in Heteropogon or Cyrtopogon. Can's see the abdomen. I doubt that is a parasite. In fact, I don't know if I have seen anything on parasites of predatory flies.
… Herschel Raney, 13 September, 2006 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
kool... jst thought id check... thanks
… Andrew Meeds, 13 September, 2006 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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