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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stichopogoninae » Stichopogon » Stichopogon argenteus
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Pale fly - Stichopogon argenteus
Copyright © 2010 Naomi Smith

Pale fly - Stichopogon argenteus
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
July 3, 2010
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 28 August, 2010 - 10:23pm
Last updated 3 April, 2012 - 7:30pm

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… John F. Carr, 3 April, 2012 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Stichopogon argenteus
As far as I know, there are no Lasiopogon species that look like this -- all gray body, all white hairs and bristles -- around the Great Lakes. The mystax (tuft of bristles on the face) here is the Stichopogon type, dense and flat, looking like a solid mass from above. Surely this is a female Stichopogon argenteus, which does occur on sand in southern Ontario. It's smaller and less common than its relative, S. trifasciatus, in the region, and lacks the striking black-banded abdomen of that species.
… Rob Cannings, 2 April, 2012 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 12 September, 2010 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

Robber Fly
I'm not an expert, but it looks like a robber fly (Asilidae) to me. Check out the genus Lasiopogon .
-Alice
… Alice Abela, 1 September, 2010 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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