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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Efferia » Albibarbis group (Efferia Albibarbis group) » Efferia albibarbis

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Efferia albibarbis feeding - Efferia albibarbis -

Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
July 25, 2008

Can anyone identify what it is that this robber fly is eating? thank you -- Catfish

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Efferia albibarbis feeding - Efferia albibarbis - female

Efferia albibarbis feeding - Efferia albibarbis - female

Efferia albibarbis feeding - Efferia albibarbis - female

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Contributed by Catfish on 25 July, 2008 - 6:25pm
Last updated 2 November, 2009 - 11:26am

Moved

Moved from Robber Flies.

… Herschel Raney, 2 November, 2009 - 11:26am

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Hi Catfish

It looks like he is eating some kind of leaf hopper

… Kathleen Chute, 27 March, 2009 - 5:04am

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robber fly food

These are great pics. I have been seeing these all my life and never really knew what they were until recently. I got to see the most interesting thing the other day. Two flying insects came by me and were on the drive rolling around and finally came to a hault. It was a robber fly with a huge horse fly pinned down. He held him for about 5 minutes and then flew off with it. My son got a pic on his cell phone and I haven't had time to upload it to the net yet. I am now a huge fan of these. lol. Ihope they eat all those pesky things.

… Laura Haulum, 25 July, 2008 - 8:02pm

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Hi Beth, Yeah, robber flie

Hi Beth,

Yeah, robber flies are great. They're pretty much my favorite bug to photograph. The one in these pics was hanging out on this one spot on the ground. I took a couple of pictures of her, and then I took a a few more, and eventually I just sat down on the ground and started shooting. I ended up taking about 80 shots before she captured this early instar. She flew off shortly after -- I assume she took her prey with her.
--Catfish

… Catfish, 25 July, 2008 - 10:47pm

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