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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Efferia » Nerax group (Efferia Nerax group) » Efferia aestuans
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robber fly - Efferia aestuans
Copyright © 2012 Molly Jacobson

robber fly - Efferia aestuans
Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 5, 2011
I was wondering what this robber fly was doing; it was jabbing its abdomen into crevices in this plant's flowers. Was it laying eggs or something?

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 29 April, 2012 - 4:10pm
Last updated 26 November, 2013 - 10:53am

Moved
Moved from Efferia.
… Herschel Raney, 26 November, 2013 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Brad Barnd, 13 May, 2012 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

Indeed
The fancier of us refer to it as ovipositing. The Efferia females are known for this sometimes swordlike ovipositor.
… Herschel Raney, 7 May, 2012 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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