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Halfway between fly and dragonfly - Ommatius

Halfway between fly and dragonfly - Ommatius
Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
July 28, 2015
Long abdomen - about half as long as a dragonfly - but with wings folded over the back like a fly. Not delicate like a damselfly.

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Halfway between fly and dragonfly - Ommatius Halfway between fly and dragonfly - Ommatius

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

Ommatius
species.

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Moved from ID Request.

all the way to a fly actually
one of the Robber flies Asilidae

 
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