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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Metadioctria » Metadioctria parvula
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Fly with prey - Metadioctria parvula
Copyright © 2011 Carol Davis

Fly with prey - Metadioctria parvula
Lytle Ranch Preserve, Washington County, Utah, USA
May 26, 2011
Size: 8 to 10 mm
I thought this little thing looked like a miniature robber fly. I have no idea what it is but it is sucking the life out of some minuscule insect.
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Contributed by Carol Davis on 29 May, 2011 - 1:29pm
Last updated 1 April, 2020 - 8:18pm

Moved
Moved from Metadioctria.
… Chris Cohen, 1 April, 2020 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stenopogoninae.
… Even Dankowicz, 9 December, 2015 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Nice find Carol!
Metadioctria sp., possibly M. resplendens (the mystax looks like it might be "red"). This is a new genus record for Utah!
… Chris Cohen, 13 July, 2015 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I must make a correction: Met
I must make a correction: Metadioctria parvula was recorded from Logan Canyon, Utah on August 11, 1936 - as Dioctria parvula (see Knowlton & Harmston 1938). So this is not a new state record for the genus, but a very interesting find nonetheless!
… Chris Cohen, 9 December, 2015 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Chris
I looked at the two other photos I have of this and you can't tell what color the mystax is. Sorry. I'm glad you narrowed it to Metadioctria. It was cute little thing.
… Carol Davis, 13 July, 2015 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 21 June, 2011 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Carol Davis, 29 May, 2011 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

looks like a small robber [w/a parasitic wasp]
… v belov, 29 May, 2011 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
That's interesting....
I didn't even know Robber Flies came in small sizes. Thanks, "v".
… Carol Davis, 29 May, 2011 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

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