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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Dasylechia » Dasylechia atrox
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Asilid - Dasylechia atrox
Copyright © 2020 Jeff Gruber

Asilid - Dasylechia atrox
Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 9, 2020
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Prey is a bee. Found in mixed hardwood forest/savanna. When I first saw it, it was preyless on a branch about 11-12 feet up in an oak tree next to trail. As I fumbled to change lenses it flew off and I thought I had lost my chance. A few moments later it reappeared with prey and landed on a branch 10-11 feet above the ground. I got several shots before it tired of my presence and flew off.
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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 9 August, 2020 - 4:21pm
Last updated 15 August, 2021 - 8:17am

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