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Efferia aestuans
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Copyright © 2013
Nancy Kent
Robber Fly captures Snipe Fly -
Efferia aestuans
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
August 9, 2013
A Robber Fly had captured this tiny insect. I'd like an ID, please.
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Contributed by
Nancy Kent
on 9 August, 2013 - 6:47pm
Last updated 10 November, 2013 - 8:13pm
Moved
Moved from
Robber Flies
.
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Herschel Raney
, 10 November, 2013 - 7:24pm
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Actually
This female Efferia aestuans has taken another robber. It is eating Holcocephala abdominalis.
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Herschel Raney
, 21 August, 2013 - 3:24pm
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Thanks,
Herschel, I appreciate both those IDs!
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Nancy Kent
, 21 August, 2013 - 6:01pm
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Moved
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john and jane balaban
, 19 August, 2013 - 1:54pm
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rhagionid... Chrysopilus?
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v belov
, 9 August, 2013 - 7:28pm
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Thanks,
that looks like a good possibility.
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Nancy Kent
, 9 August, 2013 - 7:58pm
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