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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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Unidentified Robber Fly II - Promachus bastardii
Copyright © 2015 Lynn Murphy

Unidentified Robber Fly II - Promachus bastardii
Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
August 7, 2014
I photographed this robber fly when it landed on my leg at about 11:00 a.m. It moved around a lot and always landed in a vertical position on vegetation. The habitat was an opening where
Jack Pine had been cut next to a sandy road. Goldenrod, Queen Anne's Lace and saplings were growing in the clearing. The location is in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Lake
Superior. I would appreciate it if someone could identify it for me. Thank you.
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Contributed by Lynn Murphy on 10 February, 2015 - 3:21pm
Last updated 12 March, 2015 - 5:37pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… v belov, 12 March, 2015 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Male
Promachus bastardii.
… Herschel Raney, 13 February, 2015 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
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