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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Taracticus » Taracticus octopunctatus
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Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus
Copyright © 2007 Marvin Smith

Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
June 21, 2007
Size: 10mm
Under porch light ... a Dio*gmite, perhaps Dio*gmites dis*color?
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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 10 July, 2007 - 1:29pm
Last updated 10 July, 2007 - 8:54pm

Taracticus
Even closer, in the same family with Diogmites. This is Taracticus octopunctatus. Really nice robber.
… Herschel Raney, 10 July, 2007 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Zero for Two
I'm not doing very well IDing robber flies today ... thanks again ... Marvin.
… Marvin Smith, 10 July, 2007 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

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