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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)

Species Promachus rufipes - Red-footed Cannibalfly

Representative Images

Promachus rufipes Mating insects (some type of bee?) - Promachus rufipes - male - female Ménage à Trois - Promachus rufipes - male - female Red-footed cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female Red-footed cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female Red-footed cannibal fly - Promachus rufipes - female Promachus rufipes? - Promachus rufipes - female Promachus rufipes? - Promachus rufipes - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Asilinae
Genus Promachus (Giant Robber Flies)
Species rufipes (Red-footed Cannibalfly)

Other Common Names

Bee Panther (Bromley 1950)

Explanation of Names

Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775)

Size

28-35 mm (Hine, 1911)

Range

PA-FL to IA-MS-AR(1)

Habitat

meadows, fields

Season

Jul-Oct in NC(2), late Jul to early Sep in GA(3)

Food

Preys on large flying insects. Has been reported to attack Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (see here)

See Also

Promachus hinei

Print References

Bromley S.W. (1950) Ohio Robber Flies V. Ohio Jour. Sci. 50(5): 229-234

Works Cited

1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
2.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
3.Giff Beaton's Robber Flies (Asilidae) of Georgia and the Southeast
Contributed by Cotinis on 26 March, 2004 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 August, 2022 - 8:37pm

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