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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Leptogastrinae » Tipulogaster » Tipulogaster glabrata
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robber fly - Tipulogaster glabrata
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

robber fly - Tipulogaster glabrata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 15, 2007
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Contributed by tom murray on 16 July, 2007 - 9:13pm
Last updated 11 July, 2008 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from Tipulogaster.
… john and jane balaban, 11 July, 2008 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Herschel
Moved from Leptogastrinae.
… tom murray, 17 July, 2007 - 5:46am login or register to post comments

Stretch
Mass. will only have the widespread species in the east. And this looks like Tipulogaster with the shellacked (that does not look right) shield. Really exceptional shot. These are hard to shoot and very small.
… Herschel Raney, 16 July, 2007 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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