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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 vultur
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Orange colored Robber Fly - Laphria vultur - female
Copyright © 2013 Dale and Elva Paulson

Orange colored Robber Fly - Laphria vultur - Female
Diamond Lake / Cascade Mts., Douglas County, Oregon, USA
July 8, 2013
Size: less than 1 in
This beautiful robber fly appeared to be egg laying in pre-existing holes in an old, downed log. The holes were about 3/16 inch wide.
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Contributed by Dale and Elva Paulson on 16 July, 2013 - 5:12pm
Last updated 16 July, 2013 - 7:35pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

I marked it female.
… John F. Carr, 16 July, 2013 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Laphria vultur; great shot!
Laphria vultur; great shot!
… Eric Fisher, 16 July, 2013 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric!
Thanks, Eric!
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 July, 2013 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 16 July, 2013 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

What a beauty!
Have to go somewhere right now, but I'll send a note to Eric Fisher who will know this!
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 July, 2013 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

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