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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Twigsitters (Heteropogon) » Curly-headed Twigsitter (Heteropogon cirrhatus)
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Robber with a fine vantage point needs to be identified - Heteropogon cirrhatus - male
Copyright © 2013 Ron Hemberger

Robber with a fine vantage point needs to be identified - Heteropogon cirrhatus - Male
Cleveland National Forest, near Blue Jay Campground, Orange County, California, USA
June 16, 2013
Reminds me of the Guy Clark song Like Desperados Waiting For A Train.
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 17 June, 2013 - 2:04am
Last updated 25 June, 2013 - 12:18am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Herschel Raney, 17 June, 2013 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Ron, this is Heteropogon cirr
Ron, this is Heteropogon cirrhatus, a male (desperado is good!).
… Eric Fisher, 17 June, 2013 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a couple times, Eric.
I can't spell in either language, but I am smart enough to appreciate species IDs.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 June, 2013 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Stunner
Likely in the Holopogon or Heteropogon or some wild and crazy California related genus that Eric would know.
… Herschel Raney, 17 June, 2013 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Herschel
Hope this is the first of many new ones for me.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 June, 2013 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… margarethe brummermann, 17 June, 2013 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

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