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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Red-footed Cannibalfly (Promachus rufipes)
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Wasp vs robber fly - Promachus rufipes - female
Copyright © 2020 Clay Nichols

Wasp vs robber fly - Promachus rufipes - Female
Camp Creek , Burke County, North Carolina, USA
August 22, 2020
Size: Length 36 mm
I was wrong. I looked to the collecting jar on Tuesday 8/25. The cannibal fly was alive. The wasp still very dead.

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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 25 August, 2020 - 8:27pm

How “alive” was it?
And what did you do with the fly after realizing it was still alive? Could it walk alright? Was it able to fly afterwards?
… Brendan Laven, 21 April, 2023 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Dead dead. Like not alive.
Dead dead. Like not alive.
… Clay Nichols, 21 April, 2023 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I’m confused
You said both the wasp and the robber fly were dead on 22/8 2020. Then you said you discovered that the robber fly was actually still alive 3 days later on 25/8 2020, and posted this picture. Now you told me it was just dead and it never came back to life. So which is it?

And if the robber fly actually was alive after all, what condition was it in health wise? For example: was it fully recovered and able to be released into the wild? Or was it just barely alive?
… Brendan Laven, 21 April, 2023 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
The robber fly?
You said you discovered it was still alive 3 days later. I was asking what condition it was in. I’m curious to know if the fly could’ve survived this encounter with a P. annularis.
… Brendan Laven, 21 April, 2023 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

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