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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Cerotainia » Cerotainia macrocera
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Diptera - Cerotainia macrocera
Copyright © 2011 Maritima

Diptera - Cerotainia macrocera
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
July 20, 2011
I rescued it from the pool.

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Contributed by Maritima on 22 July, 2011 - 1:33pm
Last updated 26 July, 2011 - 8:13pm

Thanks, Herschel, we also had a question on

which is currently filed under Laphria canis
… john and jane balaban, 26 July, 2011 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 26 July, 2011 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Cerotainia
Either impressively egg laden or it has just drained an adult dragonfly.
… Herschel Raney, 25 July, 2011 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
We don't see anything on the info pages
of the genus or the species describing how to separate them. Should this just be moved to the genus page? The one we photographed seemed to have much more white hair. Does that make this one macrocera?
… john and jane balaban, 25 July, 2011 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Appears
To be macrocera.
… Herschel Raney, 26 July, 2011 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Was it small? 6 or 7 mm?
We've been seeing something locally that looks similar and we think is
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2011 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, around this size
the body was a dark metallic blue whit a white belly
… Maritima, 22 July, 2011 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

Robber fly of some sort
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 22 July, 2011 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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