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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Mallophora bomboides
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Large Fly - Mallophora bomboides
Copyright © 2009 Cletus

Large Fly - Mallophora bomboides
Polk County, Florida, USA
June 29, 2009
Size: 1-1.5"
Large fly with prey, looked to be another similiar fly, could have been mating??

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Contributed by Cletus on 29 June, 2009 - 2:47pm
Last updated 11 December, 2011 - 1:49pm

Moved
Moved from Bee Killers.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 11 December, 2011 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Robber Fly
Looks like a Robber fly, and that would be prey it has since they are predators. Wait for a better ID from an expert tho'.
… Michael Battenberg, 29 June, 2009 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely
Genus Laphria are the Bee-Like Robber Flies

http://bugguide.net/node/view/5234/bgimage
… Natalie Hernandez, 29 June, 2009 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Asilid (Asilinae)
Mallophora sp. perhaps M. bomboides.
… edward trammel, 29 June, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops
I thought Laphria and assumed that was it. Definitely looks more like a Mallophora though.
… Natalie Hernandez, 29 June, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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