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Laphria thoracica
Spotted on Apr 11, 2013
Submitted on Jan 22, 2014
2 Comments
I thought it looks a lot like Laphria affinis: http://bugguide.net/node/view/33125
Take a look and see what you think.
Wrong time of year though. Maybe because it is Florida?
Asilidae, Robberfly.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/151
Just 2 candidates to check first, for me it is already too late...
Mallophora orcina
http://bugguide.net/node/view/825157
Laphria sp. Laphria posticata??
http://bugguide.net/node/view/657297
I would call them anyway: Santa Claus Fly ;-)...