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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Saropogon » Saropogon luteus
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Red Hymenoptera - Saropogon luteus
Copyright © 2009 stonebird

Red Hymenoptera - Saropogon luteus
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 8, 2008
Size: 3/4 inch
Found at the Ballona Wetlands in coastal Los Angeles on the dusty edges of Pickleweed, Frankenia and mixed grasses.
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Contributed by stonebird on 22 May, 2009 - 11:06am
Last updated 5 August, 2012 - 5:07am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 1 November, 2009 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Robber fly stance
So this must be the robber fly stance that was missing from the Tachytes Wasp I submitted recently thinking it might be a robber fly. I'm sure this robber fly was just sittin tight for the next bee that would be comin around.
… stonebird, 22 May, 2009 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
You'll get them sorted out.
Then a mydas fly will come along and confuse you anew. They look like slow-moving wasps. Relative to stance, search on "hanging thief" for another neat posture.
… Ron Hemberger, 22 May, 2009 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

Also not willing to say I'm 100% sure...
...but that was my first thought as well. See this image as an example (not an ID):

… Harsi S. Parker, 22 May, 2009 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Harsi's nailed it.
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 22 May, 2009 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Not sure
but this looks like it may be a robber fly of some type.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 22 May, 2009 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

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