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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Nicocles » Nicocles politus
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Nicocles - Nicocles politus - female
Copyright © 2015 Yurika Alexander

Nicocles - Nicocles politus - Female
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
September 29, 2015
Size: 10mm?
At first, I noticed male (with white spot on abdomen) flying around female to try to mate. But female refused and soon male disappeared.
Was feeding aphid (I think) on plantain in grassy area.
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 29 September, 2015 - 3:45pm
Last updated 30 September, 2015 - 9:45am

Moved
Moved from Nicocles.
… Yurika Alexander, 30 September, 2015 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Only two
species in NJ and this looks like N. politus.
… Herschel Raney, 30 September, 2015 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

 
one from NC (updated)
Hi Herschel. If you have time to weigh in on a member of this genus from North Carolina, please do so:


Update: Above identified as N. politus, female! Oh, these rare robbers are exciting.
… Cotinis, 23 April, 2019 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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