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Tipulogaster glabrata
perhaps stalking a crab spider in a pipsissewa flower
Spotted on Jul 22, 2012
Submitted on Jul 24, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks Liam. I looked at the robber flies and it seems to resemble the spider killer which would explain why it was so steadily snooping around that flower like that (looking for a crab spider maybe).
A Robber Fly, family Asilidae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/151
Possibly working with an egg sac?