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Bomber Fly--abdominal pattern - Heterostylum robustum - female
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Bomber Fly--abdominal pattern - Heterostylum robustum - Female
Flat River Impoundment, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 9, 2006
Size: 10 mm
This image shows the apparently distinctive abdominal pattern. See first image posted, and guide page, for discussion of identification.

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Bomber Fly - Heterostylum robustum - female Bomber Fly--detail of proboscis - Heterostylum robustum - female Bomber Fly--detail of eye - Heterostylum robustum - female Bomber Fly--detail of wing venation - Heterostylum robustum - female Bomber Fly--abdominal pattern - Heterostylum robustum - female
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Contributed by Cotinis on 13 September, 2006 - 11:41am
Last updated 23 April, 2017 - 9:30pm

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