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tiny asilid - Metapogon punctipennis - female
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tiny asilid - Metapogon punctipennis - Female
Dog Canyon, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
October 29, 2010
Size: 5 mm?

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tiny asilid - Metapogon punctipennis - female tiny asilid - Metapogon punctipennis - female
Contributed by Bob Barber on 29 October, 2010 - 1:57pm
Last updated 7 December, 2010 - 1:31pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… John F. Carr, 30 October, 2010 - 6:39pm

Very nice Bob: Metapogon punc
Very nice Bob: Metapogon punctipennis (female) - a new genus for BugGuide; in Stenopogoninae.
… Eric Fisher, 29 October, 2010 - 6:30pm

 
Thanks again
Eric, it was certainly new to me
… Bob Barber, 29 October, 2010 - 6:58pm

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