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Robber Fly with Prey

Asilidae

Description:

this robber fly is about 1.25" long. It looks like it has some kind of shield, cotton stainer, or stink bug as the prey item.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 9 weeks into the rainy season

1 Species ID Suggestions

Robber Fly
Asilidae


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2 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

badass!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Robber flies are just too cool!

LarryGraziano
Spotted by
LarryGraziano

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 26, 2012
Submitted on Jun 30, 2012

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