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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria thoracica
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Robber fly - Laphria thoracica
Copyright © 2010 Bernard Lynch

Robber fly - Laphria thoracica
Brooklyn, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 15, 2008
Size: about 1 inch
Image is time stamped 2:45pm, June 15, 2008. Subject was found sitting on honeysuckle leaves. It would leave (seemed to be chasing insects flying nearby) and return to this, or nearby leaf. Location was a brushy, though fairly open, area of my yard, near a woodlot. I'm leaning toward Laphria thoracica...
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Contributed by Bernard Lynch on 11 February, 2010 - 7:30pm
Last updated 11 February, 2010 - 9:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 February, 2010 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

yes
This is indeed Laphria thoracica.
… Ben Coulter, 11 February, 2010 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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