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Asilidae, dorsal - Echthodopa pubera - male

Asilidae, dorsal - Echthodopa pubera - Male
Rushford Prairie, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA
June 28, 2013
Size: 16- mm
sweep on a hill prairie remnant

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Asilidae, dorsal - Echthodopa pubera - male Asilidae, ventral - Echthodopa pubera - male

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

Echthodopa pubera male (missi
Echthodopa pubera male (missing most of antennae).

 
Thank you.
Yes, sweeping can be hard on insects. I once knocked the head off a fly and it stumbled about (in a petri dish) for several days. But, I meet insects that I wouldn't otherwise.

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