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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Cerotainiops » Cerotainiops abdominalis

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Robber Fly - Cerotainiops abdominalis -

Big Basin Prairie Preserve, Clark County, Kansas, USA
August 6, 2016
Size: 1/2 inch approx

Dry upland shortgrass prairie

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Robber Fly - Cerotainiops abdominalis - female

Robber Fly - Cerotainiops abdominalis - female

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Contributed by Dave Rogers on 14 August, 2016 - 3:30pm
Last updated 23 August, 2016 - 2:56pm

Moved

Moved from Cerotainiops.

… Dave Rogers, 23 August, 2016 - 2:56pm

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2 steps left for you to complete

Step 1) - Age & Gender Labels:
You have to "edit" each image individually and check the boxes for "adult" & "female", then "submit". Once you do that, the gender will show up in the titles and on the thumbnail-preview titles.
Step 2) - Moving to species:
Select "tag all" (just above the thumbnail images) and they will show up on the left side of your screen. Next, navigate here, to the images page for Cerotainiops abdominalis. Then select "move tagged images". Then you're done!

… Bob Biagi, 22 August, 2016 - 8:54am

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Very Cool

Done - I thought at Admin had to do that. Thanks!

… Dave Rogers, 23 August, 2016 - 2:57pm

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Yes

this is C. abdominalis. Fine shots of it too. It does appear to be a female.

… Herschel Raney, 17 August, 2016 - 7:59am

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Thanks

Thanks Herschel

… Dave Rogers, 17 August, 2016 - 6:16pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 15 August, 2016 - 8:09pm

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Cerotainiops sp. feeding on a Beetle

The range for Cerotainiops abdominalis includes Kansas, but let's see if an expert can determine the gender for you. I think that this is a female, but I'm not sure. They often feed on ants. A first for your state if confirmed, congrats!

… Bob Biagi, 14 August, 2016 - 3:47pm

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Awesome

Thanks a bunch! I was hunting tiger beetles but couldn't pass up this cool little robber. There was plenty of harvester ants in the area. The tiger beetles use their clearings to hunt.

… Dave Rogers, 14 August, 2016 - 3:51pm

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