Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Pack Forest
Washington State
July 10-12, 2009
Details...

Photos from the 2009 gathering
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Red-footed Cannibalfly (Promachus rufipes)
Photo#80528
Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female
Copyright © 2006 Donna K Race

Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - Female
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
September 7, 2006
Taken at 11:03 am

Images of this individual: tag all
Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Donna K Race on 30 September, 2006 - 12:00pm

Nice image, Donna,
but why would they call it a red-footed anything :-)
… Jim McClarin, 1 October, 2006 - 3:08am login or register to post comments

 
LOL, and thanks...
...perhaps because they don't have hands? Besides, how did they come up with Robber Fly???
… Donna K Race, 1 October, 2006 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact