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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Tiger Flies (Ceraturgus) » Banded Tiger Fly (Ceraturgus fasciatus)
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Robber fly looks like a wasp or hornet - Ceraturgus fasciatus
Copyright © 2011 James Reben

Robber fly looks like a wasp or hornet - Ceraturgus fasciatus
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
August 3, 2011
Size: 27-30mm
this one had sparse "beard" and long antennae...it was also incredibly timid

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Contributed by James Reben on 3 August, 2011 - 6:09pm
Last updated 20 February, 2012 - 5:12pm

Moved
Moved from Ceraturgus cruciatus.
… Ben Coulter, 20 February, 2012 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Ceraturgus fasciatus
According to the 2008 Barnes revision of this genus, the only species found in Maine is Ceraturgus fasciatus. The quite similar C. cruciatus is limited to the midwest.
… Ben Coulter, 20 February, 2012 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 August, 2011 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

Only
One species of this fine genus in the far NE. C cruciatus. And the only one in the genus that can sometimes actually be common.
… Herschel Raney, 8 August, 2011 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, so this is C cruci
Thank you, so this is C cruciatus?
… James Reben, 8 August, 2011 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Reminds me of Ceraturgus. The experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 August, 2011 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
similis?
I would like to submit an amatuer guess of C. similis
… James Reben, 3 August, 2011 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I would have guessed fasciatus...


But (as they say) your guess is as good as mine. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 August, 2011 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
you're probably right, I had
you're probably right, I had trouble trying to tell between those 2...

edit: looks like I was off :)
Thanks again
… James Reben, 3 August, 2011 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
… James Reben, 3 August, 2011 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

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