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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

2 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 months ago

badass!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 months ago

Robber flies are just too cool!

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Lat: 10.20, Long: -85.83

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

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