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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » sericea complex (Laphria sericea complex)
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Robber Fly - Laphria
Copyright © 2011 Al17

Robber Fly - Laphria
Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 2, 2011
Size: about 1 inch
found at 3:20 pm on a fern in a woodlot
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Contributed by Al17 on 11 June, 2011 - 5:50am
Last updated 6 March, 2015 - 9:38am

Moved
Moved from Laphria sericea.
… Ben Coulter, 6 March, 2015 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from / ithypyga complex.
… Ben Coulter, 19 February, 2014 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

Not index/ithypyga
This doesn't look like it belongs with this species pair. There is too much orange, while those species have a mostly bare, black thorax, with an orange triangle of pile. Placing with sericea/aktis.
… Ben Coulter, 19 February, 2014 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

This looks like
Laphria index.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 16 June, 2011 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you
… Al17, 17 June, 2011 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 16 June, 2011 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Guessing Laphria of some sort. The experts will be able to tell you more.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 June, 2011 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
Id
How would I go about geting the species of this robber fly?

Thanks al
… Al17, 14 June, 2011 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
Wait
until an expert comments.
… John R. Maxwell, 14 June, 2011 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks
… Al17, 14 June, 2011 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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