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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Micropanthers (Cerotainia) » Yellow-faced Micropanther (Cerotainia macrocera)
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Small Fly - Cerotainia macrocera
Copyright © 2008 Naomi Smith

Small Fly - Cerotainia macrocera
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
August 22, 2008
Small fly on lavender blossom. Help with ID please.

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Small Fly - Cerotainia macrocera Small Fly - Cerotainia macrocera
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 4 October, 2008 - 8:21pm
Last updated 16 October, 2008 - 5:58pm

Cerotainia
macrocera. Nice open-winged shot.
… Herschel Raney, 6 October, 2008 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Cerotainia macrocera
Thanks Herschel, Edward and v belov for your help.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 6 October, 2008 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

must be Atomosia,
a not-so-scary-looking robber fly
… v belov, 4 October, 2008 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
robber
or perhaps Cerotainia...
… edward trammel, 5 October, 2008 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

 
Atomosia
Thanks, I did not know that Robber Flies could be so small.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 4 October, 2008 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
when you deal with insects, you never know...
they keep surprising me every single day since late 1960s
… v belov, 4 October, 2008 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

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