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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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large robber fly - Promachus vertebratus
Copyright © 2012 Matthew Kenne

large robber fly - Promachus vertebratus
Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA
July 6, 2012
Size: inch & 1/4 est.
Hanging (this is the natural orientation of the image) in the shade of 100+ heat index afternoon.
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Contributed by Matthew Kenne on 6 July, 2012 - 8:40pm
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 4:07pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 17 June, 2013 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

large robber fly
This male looks like a Promachus. P. vertebratus seems a good fit. See here: Give Herschel a chance to look at it before moving to species as I could be mistaken.
… DeeDee, 22 September, 2012 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

Is this Efferia aestuans?
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… Matthew Kenne, 8 July, 2012 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

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