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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Efferia » Nerax group (Efferia Nerax group) » Efferia aestuans
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Robber fly and Soldier fly? - Efferia aestuans
Copyright © 2013 Ken Rosenthal

Robber fly and Soldier fly? - Efferia aestuans
Walker Nature Center - Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 20, 2012
Is it possible to ID both the robber fly and its prey? At first I thought it had captured a wasp, but now I think it is a Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens.
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Contributed by Ken Rosenthal on 15 May, 2013 - 10:52am
Last updated 21 June, 2013 - 4:12pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 21 June, 2013 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

H. illucens is correct; others will give you the RF name
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lovely shot!
… v belov, 15 May, 2013 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you!
… Ken Rosenthal, 15 May, 2013 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
"H." ...
?
… William Donald Newton, 15 May, 2013 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

 
Hermetia illucens
Referenced in the first paragraph of the post.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 May, 2013 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops ...
... half asleep. Thanks.
… William Donald Newton, 15 May, 2013 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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