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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Stenopogon » Stenopogon californiae
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ID for a another robber fly? - Stenopogon californiae - female
Copyright © 2010 nvhamlett@gmail.com

ID for a another robber fly? - Stenopogon californiae - Female
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 19, 2010
This robber fly was photographed on Asclepias eriocarpa (Kotola or Indian Milkweed) in coastal sage scrub at the Claremont Colleges' Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station. The photograph was taken about 10:30 am. We are working on the daunting task of documenting invertebrates at the field station, and any partial identification will be greatly appreciated.

Update: I realized looking through my photos that I had another shot of this robber fly taken before it landed on the milkweed.

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ID for a another robber fly? - Stenopogon californiae - female ID for a another robber fly? - Stenopogon californiae - female
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 20 June, 2010 - 7:06pm
Last updated 23 June, 2010 - 3:02am

Moved
Moved from Stenopogon.

For those that at are curious as to the identity of the robber fly's prey, Vassili Belov has identified it as an Arhyssus sp.
… Harsi S. Parker, 23 June, 2010 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Harsi S. Parker, 21 June, 2010 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

Stenopogon sp. female -- prob
Stenopogon sp. female -- probably californiae.
… Eric Fisher, 21 June, 2010 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks for the ID! We now have confirmed 3 genera of robber flies at the Bernard Field Station. I wonder how many more we might find?
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 21 June, 2010 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I would wager...
...many, many more in the years to come! :-)
… Harsi S. Parker, 21 June, 2010 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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