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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Scleropogon » Scleropogon duncani
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Robber Fly w/ Long Abdomen - Scleropogon duncani - female
Copyright © 2010 Michael J. Plagens

Robber Fly w/ Long Abdomen - Scleropogon duncani - Female
Rainbow Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
May 8, 2010
Size: ~ 15mm
It was still cool in morning and this fly was warming in the sun. Perched on an old flower spike of Big Galeta Grass.
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Contributed by Michael J. Plagens on 22 May, 2010 - 10:53am
Last updated 6 September, 2017 - 10:19am

Moved
Moved from Stenopogon duncani.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 September, 2017 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

even checked the fee-malebox for you
that's the kind of humanitarian i am

Moved from Robber Flies.
… v belov, 9 June, 2010 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

Mom
Can I go live in Arizona?
… Herschel Raney, 24 May, 2010 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
ivory
Not before you get a good pic of the ivory-billed w.p.
… Michael J. Plagens, 25 May, 2010 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

Scleropogon duncani, female.
Scleropogon duncani, female.
… Eric Fisher, 23 May, 2010 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for sharing your expertise
Looks like a new species for guide? A handsome fly, like so many of the asilids.
… Michael J. Plagens, 23 May, 2010 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
Really great image, Michael!
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 May, 2010 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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