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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Machimus » Machimus latipex
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Which robber fly? - Machimus latipex
Copyright © 2010 Ron Hemberger

Which robber fly? - Machimus latipex
Santiago Oaks Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
July 11, 2010
This is a new species for Bug Guide, so if an editor reads this, please make a new page.

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Which robber fly? - Machimus latipex Which robber fly? - Machimus latipex
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 11 July, 2010 - 10:30pm
Last updated 14 July, 2010 - 12:55am

Moved
Moved from Machimus.

Great work, Ron! Thanks for the ID, Eric!
… Harsi S. Parker, 14 July, 2010 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Harsi.
Hope to find more, as I think I've run out of hoppers.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 July, 2010 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 July, 2010 - 1:15am login or register to post comments

Machimus latapex; an uncommon
Machimus latapex; an uncommon fly -- another great find Ron!
… Eric Fisher, 12 July, 2010 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric.
I used a decoy on this one - a small fly I was shooting. Robber swooped in, chased my subject away, then plunked down for a portrait.
… Ron Hemberger, 12 July, 2010 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

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