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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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Red-Footed Robber Fly - Promachus rufipes - female
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Red-Footed Robber Fly - Promachus rufipes - Female
Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
August 12, 2008
Like Bug Guide needs one more robber fly. Still, I had to submit this photo. I shot it with my old backup 5 MP Sony DSC-H1. It's still a good point-and-shoot, if you can get close enough. BTW I'm thinking female Promachus. Is species rufipes? Am I close?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 August, 2008 - 5:59pm
Last updated 24 May, 2016 - 4:29pm

Moved
Moved from Giant Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 15 September, 2008 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Never sure
with these, Promachus maybe?
… Jon M. Yuschock, 12 August, 2008 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I would agree.
Moving to genus page...Really outstanding image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 August, 2008 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

Please try not to get jaded.
I was ready to stop taking "just another grasshopper" photos, then the next several turned out to be at least somewhat important. Once you start editing before you shoot, you pass up some potentially fine stuff!

End of lecture. BTW, nice shot!
… Ron Hemberger, 12 August, 2008 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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