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Garden Soldier Fly (Exaireta spinigera)
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Copyright © 2008
Libby & Rick Avis
Small Robber Fly? -
Exaireta spinigera
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
May 3, 2005
Is this a small robber fly - like a Dioctria - or I am completely off-base again? Unfortunately don't have a shot of the front of the head.
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Contributed by
Libby & Rick Avis
on 18 February, 2008 - 2:04am
Last updated 18 February, 2008 - 6:11am
Moved
Moved from
Robber Flies
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Martin Hauser
, 18 February, 2008 - 6:11am
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Looks like a robberfly, but
Looks like a robberfly, but it is a soldier fly... A species introduced from Australia... Nice find!
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Martin Hauser
, 18 February, 2008 - 6:10am
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Thanks
Thanks so much - from Australia, yet!
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Libby & Rick Avis
, 18 February, 2008 - 12:25pm
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