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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Promachus vertebratus
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Ichneumon??? - large on liatris - Promachus vertebratus
Copyright © 2011 Bonnie L. Harper-Lore

Ichneumon??? - large on liatris - Promachus vertebratus
Stanton - McKnight Prairie, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA
September 11, 2011
Size: 1 inch?
Spent a lot of time on this liatris
on a windy prairie day. Conspicuous
from 10 yards away.

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Ichneumon??? - large on liatris - Promachus vertebratus Bearded Robberfly - large on liatris - Promachus vertebratus ROBBER FLY - large on liatris - Promachus vertebratus - female
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Contributed by Bonnie L. Harper-Lore on 11 September, 2011 - 10:16pm
Last updated 19 September, 2011 - 1:04pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 19 September, 2011 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Moved for expert attention. If you have any views from the front or from above, it might improve your odds of getting it further IDed.
… Chuck Entz, 11 September, 2011 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Robber Fly
Looks like a Robber Fly to me.
… Ilona L., 11 September, 2011 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Robber fly.....amazing. You
Robber fly.....amazing.
You guys are fast. Thank you!!!
… Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, 11 September, 2011 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

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