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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Taracticus » Taracticus octopunctatus
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Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus - male
Copyright © 2013 Ilona L.

Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 17, 2012
Dioctria?

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 14 January, 2013 - 11:22pm
Last updated 16 January, 2013 - 7:20pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… v belov, 16 January, 2013 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Taracticus
You had me going for a while! I kept on wanting to make it a Dioctria or Eudioctria, but it just wasn't fitting. Finally I remembered these tricky little guys: Taracticus octopunctatus (male).
… Tristan McKnight, 16 January, 2013 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Taracticus octopunctatus
I have to admit that the eyes confused me. I photographed one of these flies in 2008 and it had green eyes.
… Ilona L., 16 January, 2013 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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