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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stichopogoninae » Lasiopogon » Lasiopogon littoris
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Dune flies... - Lasiopogon littoris
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Dune flies... - Lasiopogon littoris
Oso Flaco Dunes Preserve, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
April 13, 2007
The other partner of this couple; male?

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 22 April, 2007 - 6:02pm
Last updated 20 March, 2012 - 7:12pm

Moved
Moved from Lasiopogon.
Thank you Rob, for the species ID!
I have another one, should be the same species:
… Hartmut Wisch, 20 March, 2012 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Lasiopogon littoris
Yep, Hartmut, another L. littoris. Looks like a female. This species is distinguished by its small size, even for a Lasiopogon (about 5-7mm); its all-white hairs and bristles; and the extensive silvery-gray tomentum over almost all the body. The fourth antennal segment (second flagellomere or arista) is more than twice as long as the third segment (first flagellomere). The fly is common at Oso Flaco Lakes where you photographed these ones. Another excellent place to find it is along the beaches at Morro Bay.
… Rob Cannings, 21 March, 2012 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, Rob -
also for including some of the characters.
I've posted another couple of photos:
a male:


and another couple:
… Hartmut Wisch, 21 March, 2012 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Lasiopogon littoris
Lasiopogon littoris, a common robber fly of coastal dunes and beaches along the central California coast.
… Rob Cannings, 20 March, 2012 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 April, 2007 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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