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Strange fly consuming house fly - Efferia aestuans - female

Strange fly consuming house fly - Efferia aestuans - Female
Janesville, IA, Bremer County, Iowa, USA
August 12, 2011
Size: 1 - 1-1/2 inch
This fly was outside on my porch. I initially took a series of pictures and it was just the fly. When I returned, it looked like it had caught a house fly and was consuming it. It's big, about an inch+ long. It looks like a cross between a fly and a cricket.
Jill Lockey

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Female robber fly.
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