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Orange fly(?) with striped thorax - Diogmites

Orange fly(?) with striped thorax - Diogmites
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
August 8, 2014
Wasp-mimicking fly?

Possibly not a mimic
These flies are predators. The red color may be a genuine threat rather than a bluff.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Robber fly (Asilidae)
A hanging-theif, Diogmites sp.

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