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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria grossa
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Robber Fly IMG_1451 - Laphria grossa - male
Copyright © 2013 Steve Nanz

Robber Fly IMG_1451 - Laphria grossa - Male
Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 30, 2012
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 6 June, 2013 - 6:40pm
Last updated 21 July, 2015 - 2:53pm

Moved
Moved from Laphria champlainii. Moved to grossa based on abdominal pattern, yellow mesopleural hairs in front of wings, proboscis sheath shape, and shape of basistylus shelf.
… Ben Coulter, 21 July, 2015 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… v belov, 17 June, 2013 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Could be
Your Laphria champlainii again Steve.
… Herschel Raney, 10 June, 2013 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
That's what I was I thinking
I posted yet another possible example a while back here with a lot more detail. Not sure if you saw it.

Thanks for the help.
… Steve Nanz, 11 June, 2013 - 3:36am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I think you have a good champlainii spot there.
… Herschel Raney, 17 June, 2013 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

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