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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Microstylum » Microstylum morosum
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HUGE robber fly? - Microstylum morosum
Copyright © 2011 truthsmiles

HUGE robber fly? - Microstylum morosum
Creek County, Oklahoma, USA
August 5, 2011
Size: Bigger than a quarter!
I guess this is a robber fly, but I have no idea what kind. It showed up on the porch while I was outside - it was so big I thought it was a tarantula at first glance. I've never seen anything nearly this big! I think something was wrong with it, too, because I was obviously able to get pretty close to it!

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Contributed by truthsmiles on 5 August, 2011 - 5:08pm
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 4 November, 2011 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

I think this is the big guy,
Microstylum morosum.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 4 November, 2011 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2011 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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