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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Trigonomiminae » Holcocephala » Holcocephala fusca
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Holcocephala - Holcocephala fusca
Copyright © 2014 John R. Maxwell

Holcocephala - Holcocephala fusca
Valley Forge National Historical Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 24, 2014
Size: Maybe around 6.5 mm?
These images were shot during their Bug BioBlitz with the The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Looks like Holcocephala, any chance of getting to species?

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 26 August, 2014 - 1:02pm
Last updated 5 September, 2014 - 11:36am

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 September, 2014 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Question.
Was the species caught on branch tips/ high grass or in low ankle level grass?
… Kevin Moran, 4 September, 2014 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Sweeping
People were seeing these on the tips of branches in the high grass and weeds, but I caught this one while sweeping along the edge where the mowed grass meets the high weeds so I can't say for sure on this particular individual.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 September, 2014 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Holcocephala fusca
Holcocephala fusca. The hind basitarsus and hind tibia are smaller than hind femur when they should be ~35% larger.
… Kevin Moran, 5 September, 2014 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
!
… John R. Maxwell, 5 September, 2014 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
Holcocephala fusca
Delete comment. Bugguige bugged out.
… Kevin Moran, 5 September, 2014 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

 
Holcocephala fusca
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