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Large Robber Fly, covered in spines and white hair. Strong white beard. The abdomen has lateral bands of white. This is a male. About 2.5 cm long. It's tibiae are orange and black. It was settling down on a rock for the night and let me get quite close. Family Asilidae. This may be Efferia aestruans (http://www.cirrusimage.com/fly_robber_Ef...).
On a rock near the Virgin River at the entrance to Zion National Park (see last picture).
Spotted on May 31, 2016
Submitted on Jul 1, 2016
3 Comments
Thank you Polilla :)
Thank you Hema :)
lovely series.