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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Scleropogon » Scleropogon picticornis
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Taxi! - Scleropogon picticornis - male
Copyright © 2013 Eric R. Eaton

Taxi! - Scleropogon picticornis - Male
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
September 5, 2013
Size: ~25 mm
Thinking this might be a species of Stenopogon? Habitat is dusty trail through degraded shortgrass prairie with lots of yucca, scattered prickly pear cacti, elm trees, with nearby riparian corridor.

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Taxi! - Scleropogon picticornis - male Taxi! - Scleropogon picticornis - male
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 October, 2013 - 12:49am
Last updated 29 September, 2018 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Fyn Kynd, 9 October, 2013 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

Male
to match the female Scleropogon picticornis.
… Herschel Raney, 7 October, 2013 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

I'll bet the Colorado cabbies are hesitant to pick up a robber
Fun caption, Eric.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 October, 2013 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

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