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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphystiinae » Psilocurus » Psilocurus nudiusculus
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Asilid - Psilocurus nudiusculus - female
Copyright © 2017 Jeff Gruber

Asilid - Psilocurus nudiusculus - Female
Resaca De La Palma State Park, Cameron County, Texas, USA
August 12, 2017
Female I believe.

Yellowthroat Loop at this State Park is an awesome site to study these flies. They are locally abundant at this time on this trail. Perching mostly on the ground or on objects within a few inches of the ground.
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 17 August, 2017 - 7:48pm
Last updated 21 August, 2017 - 7:12am

Moved
Moved from Psilocurus.
… Jeff Gruber, 21 August, 2017 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

Psilocurus nudiusculus, femal
Psilocurus nudiusculus, female. As Herschel says, female differs in appearance -- often being much paler marked than male.
… Eric Fisher, 20 August, 2017 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Impressive
sexual differences if this and the male striped one are conspecific.
… Herschel Raney, 19 August, 2017 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Almost...
I almost got a chance at a mating shot. I was sprawled in the shade on the road waiting for the tram to pick me up when I saw a mating attempt on low vegetation on the other side of the road. Unfortunately the attempt was short lived and they decoupled before I got in range.
… Jeff Gruber, 21 August, 2017 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

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