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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Triorla » Triorla interrupta
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Triorla interrupta - male
Copyright © 2011 Roy Cohutta Brown

Triorla interrupta - Male
Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
August 3, 2011
A male of species Triorla interrupta

Habitat in North Georgia mountains was an open field near a small stream. Robber perched (with prey item) on short field grass a few inches off ground. Prey item appeared to be a species of Suborder Caelifera - Grasshoppers ( Syrbula admirabilis - Admirable Grasshopper ). Robber pierced prey item in different areas of prey item's body during apparent consumption-period which lasted approximately 30 minutes.

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Contributed by Roy Cohutta Brown on 3 August, 2011 - 3:16pm
Last updated 3 December, 2011 - 1:32pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 4 November, 2011 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 8 August, 2011 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

wow that is violent, what doe
wow that is violent, what does this fly use to kill it's victim?
… bugwonderer, 3 August, 2011 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
proboscis
proboscis (sometimes called a beak) It is visible in the photos (stuck into the thorax and abdomen of the grasshopper (depending on which photo.)
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 4 August, 2011 - 5:15am login or register to post comments

Looks similar to
Shape, wing relationship, and lateral abdominal pattern of Triorla interrupta
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 3 August, 2011 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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