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Robber Fly (1) - Promachus vertebratus - female
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Robber Fly (1) - Promachus vertebratus - Female
Somme Prairie Nature Preserve, Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 3, 2005
This green-eyed beauty seemed to be laying eggs on Pycnanthemum virginianum so we're thinking it's a female.

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Robber Fly (1) - Promachus vertebratus - female Robber Fly (1) - Promachus vertebratus - female
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2005 - 11:37pm
Last updated 11 September, 2005 - 5:14pm

Promachus
Indeed, you have the female and the other shots are the male of Promachus vertebratus I presume. We have not found this species in Arkansas. Close to the eastern Promachus rufipes and our Promachus hinei.

Fine egg-laying shot.
… Herschel Raney, 11 September, 2005 - 1:44pm

 
Thanks, Herschel! we'll move
Thanks, Herschel! we'll move them to the guide
… john and jane balaban, 11 September, 2005 - 5:13pm

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