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Dolichomyia gracilis
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Copyright © 2009
Ben Gillock
graceful beefly -
Dolichomyia gracilis
Watrous - Mora River, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
July 30, 2009
Size: 3cm
No idea... landed on my shoe and was undulating abdomen over and over... any ideas?
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Contributed by
Ben Gillock
on 3 August, 2009 - 8:38pm
Last updated 9 August, 2009 - 9:04pm
Moved
Moved from
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Joel Kits
, 9 August, 2009 - 8:54pm
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John F. Carr
, 7 August, 2009 - 8:36pm
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Nope it is a Bombyliidae! Ext
Nope it is a Bombyliidae! Extremely cool!
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Martin Hauser
, 4 August, 2009 - 4:00pm
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Looks like some sort of robbe
Looks like some sort of robber fly, in the family Asilidae. Hopefully someone will give you a better ID on it. Cool bug!
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 4 August, 2009 - 12:51pm
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