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Bee mimic eats leaf-footed bug? - Laphria thoracica
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Bee mimic eats leaf-footed bug? - Laphria thoracica
Nashua, Hillsboough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 19, 2017
Size: about 3/4 of an inch
I believe this is a bee mimicking robber fly in the genus Laphria. The leaf-footed bug seems to be Acanthocephala terminalis. Can anyone confirm these and provide the species name for the robber fly?
Contributed by Gary Nielsen on 23 June, 2017 - 3:41pm
Last updated 24 June, 2017 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 June, 2017 - 5:55pm

Looks
like Laphria thoracica.
… Herschel Raney, 24 June, 2017 - 5:30pm

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Prey ID is correct.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 June, 2017 - 5:38pm

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