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Robber Fly 2 - Proctacanthus duryi - female
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Robber Fly 2 - Proctacanthus duryi - Female
MS River at Hwy 75, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 21, 2006
Size: body length 26.6 mm.
This specimen was collected at the same locality as the male pictured here. Possibly a female Proctacanthus duryi.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 24 July, 2006 - 5:37pm
Last updated 5 February, 2008 - 4:02pm

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthus.
… Herschel Raney, 2 January, 2007 - 2:29pm

Procta
Definitely a Proctacanthus female. And certainly looks duryiish. Or something like that.
… Herschel Raney, 24 July, 2006 - 10:08pm

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