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Robber fly

Description:

Fly on steroids. At least an inch long body, wings much longer than they are wide, long legs with hairs on them, subtly stripped abdomen,didn't fly away when I got very close to it.

Habitat:

Residential neighborhood with lots of trees and grass in Lawrence Kansas

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2 Comments

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Btw welcome to Project Noah!

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

This is a robber fly. This should be moved to the arthropods category. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae

AmyMarieVaught
Spotted by
AmyMarieVaught

Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Spotted on Aug 17, 2016
Submitted on Aug 19, 2016

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