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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Hanging-thieves (Diogmites)
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Hanging thief robber fly - Diogmites
Copyright © 2014 Maria de Bruyn

Hanging thief robber fly - Diogmites
Topsail Beach, Pender County, North Carolina, USA
September 9, 2014
Found on the beach being buffeted by the waves. I took it up onto drier sand away from the waves.

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Contributed by Maria de Bruyn on 12 September, 2014 - 7:21am
Last updated 13 September, 2014 - 3:31pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Maria de Bruyn, 13 September, 2014 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Looks like Diogmites.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 September, 2014 - 7:29am login or register to post comments

 
robber fly
Here I was thinking robber flies all looked like they had hairy beards. It's interesting to learn something new from this site. Thanks!
… Maria de Bruyn, 12 September, 2014 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
Different styles
They all have beards, but some have goatees and others have full haven't-shaved-since-the-1960s beards.
… John F. Carr, 12 September, 2014 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
flies and beards
:>)
… Maria de Bruyn, 12 September, 2014 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

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