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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » canis complex (Laphria canis complex)
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Bee-like Robber Flies - Laphria - male - female
Copyright © 2018 Nancy Kent

Bee-like Robber Flies - Laphria - Male Female
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
June 27, 2018
I need an Id, please.

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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 27 June, 2018 - 1:24pm
Last updated 30 March, 2020 - 7:48pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Chris Cohen, 30 March, 2020 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Bee-like Robber Flies
The wing veins and body parts seem to match the genus Laphria. They probably belong in the canis complex.
Please compare: Many species are possible here.
… Bob Biagi, 28 June, 2018 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob!
Genus is a real help!
… Nancy Kent, 28 June, 2018 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 June, 2018 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Hadn't thought about their being robbers!
… Nancy Kent, 27 June, 2018 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

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