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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Mallophora leschenaulti
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What am I? - Mallophora leschenaulti
Copyright © 2017 Hnieto

What am I? - Mallophora leschenaulti
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
July 23, 2017
Size: 1.5-2 inches
This bug was sitting on the bark of the tree, around 7am.
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Contributed by Hnieto on 23 July, 2017 - 6:07pm
Last updated 16 August, 2018 - 8:40pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 14 February, 2018 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Biagi, 23 July, 2017 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Robber Fly
The white coloring of the integument of the legs is unusual. This looks like a teneral (freshly-molted) Bee Killer, in the genus Mallophora. A better view of the abdomen might help to indicate exactly which species this is.
… Bob Biagi, 23 July, 2017 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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