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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria canis complex (Laphria canis)
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robber fly - Laphria canis
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

robber fly - Laphria canis
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
June 21, 2006
Size: ~15mm
not the best picture... but perhaps Laphria canis?
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Contributed by edward trammel on 4 October, 2006 - 11:58pm
Last updated 28 January, 2009 - 12:20pm

Moved
Moved from Bee-like Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 28 January, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

Laphria
All the small dark Laphria we have taken in spring have been Laphria sicula, which is very similar to canis and to winnemana. This is likely a male Laphria sicula.
… Herschel Raney, 5 October, 2006 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

 
Laphria
thank you Herschel, at least i got the genus right.
… edward trammel, 5 October, 2006 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

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