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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Prospectors (Ablautus) » Texas Prospector (Ablautus rufotibialis)
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Pale robber with black bands and circles on abdomen, part 2 - Ablautus rufotibialis
Copyright © 2011 Jerry Friedman

Pale robber with black bands and circles on abdomen, part 2 - Ablautus rufotibialis
Española, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
March 23, 2011
Size: 9-10 mm long
Very calm—these guys are usually easily spooked. This can probably replace this smaller image. May be the same individual as my previous upload, or maybe not.
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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 23 March, 2011 - 4:23pm
Last updated 28 March, 2018 - 9:11am

Moved
Moved from Stenopogoninae.
… Jerry Friedman, 28 March, 2018 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

ID
I think this is an Ablautus sp.
… Alice Abela, 27 March, 2018 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'm sure you're right, as other ones from my yard and the adjacent vacant lot have been identified as A. rufotibialis. I probably should have moved this one a long time ago.
… Jerry Friedman, 28 March, 2018 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 21 June, 2013 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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