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Robber Fly - Proctacanthus philadelphicus - male
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Robber Fly - Proctacanthus philadelphicus - Male
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 19, 2009

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Robber Fly - Proctacanthus philadelphicus - male Robber Fly - Proctacanthus philadelphicus - male Robber Fly - Proctacanthus philadelphicus - male Robber Fly - Proctacanthus philadelphicus - male
Contributed by Bo Zaremba on 19 August, 2009 - 7:17pm
Last updated 16 September, 2019 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthus.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 24 November, 2009 - 1:44pm

This might be
P. philadelphicus, which is described by Hine as having an intense brown body and wings with a dark yellow mystax.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 4 November, 2009 - 12:18pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Bo Zaremba, 20 August, 2009 - 11:30am

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