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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Trigonomiminae » Holcocephala
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The fly - Holcocephala
Copyright © 2009 Joe Zito

The fly - Holcocephala
Cedar Rapids/Squaw Creek, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 19, 2009
Size: ~9 mm
my 8 year old says hymenoptera, i thought diptera

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Contributed by Joe Zito on 20 July, 2009 - 9:06pm
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 9:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joe Zito, 22 July, 2009 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

you're right: a robber fly
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… v belov, 20 July, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
robber
Holcocephala
… edward trammel, 21 July, 2009 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
My son is usually right, glad I got one.
… Joe Zito, 21 July, 2009 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

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