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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Triorla » Triorla interrupta
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What is this? - Triorla interrupta
Copyright © 2006 The Longs

What is this? - Triorla interrupta
The Woodlands, near a slow creek with ponds, Montgomery County, Texas, USA
July 15, 2006
Size: body~ 1.5 in.
This one really has us stumped. Can anyone help with any info?
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Contributed by The Longs on 15 July, 2006 - 6:31pm
Last updated 15 July, 2006 - 10:44pm

Robber Fly
Family Asilidae. A very large and diverse group of predatory flies. I'll leave it to the experts to ID further.
… Chuck Entz, 15 July, 2006 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the direction. We had no idea where to start. We've been scanning through the Robber flies, and it seems it could be in the Asilinae subfamily.
seems to look the most like it. Could it be a triorla? How does one tell the various types apart?
… The Longs, 15 July, 2006 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Triorla
This is a Triorla interrupta male.
… Herschel Raney, 15 July, 2006 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the additional help. None yet reported in Texas, so moving to the guide.
… The Longs, 15 July, 2006 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

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