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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stichopogoninae » Lasiopogon » Lasiopogon bitumineus
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Lasiopogon sp. - Lasiopogon bitumineus - male - female
Copyright © 2016 Alice Abela

Lasiopogon sp. - Lasiopogon bitumineus - Male Female
Montaña de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
January 30, 2016
Size: ~10mm
Found in sandy coastal dune scrub habitat

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Lasiopogon sp. - Lasiopogon bitumineus - male - female Lasiopogon sp. - Lasiopogon bitumineus - male - female
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 30 January, 2016 - 10:02pm
Last updated 3 February, 2016 - 10:07pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Alice Abela, 3 February, 2016 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

L. biv-4
Your pictures continue to amaze me! January 30th-- that's a new record by two weeks! Is spring starting already? Were L. littoris out, too?

Any chance you could sneak a voucher specimen for the books? :-)

The bristles aren't really visible here (I think I can just make them out on the right-hand fly in the spread wing shot), but I'm pretty sure these must be biv-4 (hopefully I'll have the new name published this summer). The rich brown color, golden facial knob, and tomentum patterning is right.
… Tristan McKnight, 1 February, 2016 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Size
I always forget that not everyone can see the full size image. Here's original size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/24693114686/sizes/o/.

The weather was pretty poor, these were literally the only flies I saw (I was really surprised to see any robbers out).
… Alice Abela, 1 February, 2016 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

 
biv-4
Thanks, those have fabulous detail and show the bristles well; this definitely is biv-4.

Interesting, thanks for sharing.
… Tristan McKnight, 2 February, 2016 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

ID
Look similar to , but less bristly; I'm not sure if these are something different or are just more worn.
… Alice Abela, 30 January, 2016 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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