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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Promachus bastardii
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some kind of fly? - Promachus bastardii - male
Copyright © 2013 Lorri Crossno Nevil

some kind of fly? - Promachus bastardii - Male
Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
June 24, 2013
Size: 1 1/2 - 2 inches
havne't ever seen anything like it

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some kind of fly? - Promachus bastardii - male some kind of fly? - Promachus bastardii - female
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Contributed by Lorri Crossno Nevil on 24 June, 2013 - 9:27pm
Last updated 15 May, 2017 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 25 June, 2013 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

Fly indeed--which makes me wonder why you posted it to Hymenoptera. If you're not sure, ID Request is your best bet. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 June, 2013 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
sorry
I'm sorry - my bad. apologies. I was looking under there at pictures trying to match -
… Lorri Crossno Nevil, 24 June, 2013 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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