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Robber Fly

Asilidae

Description:

What I believe may be a Robber Fly of some kind

Habitat:

Alongside woodland areas, typically in the sun, where grasslands and woodlands come together

Notes:

Nonaggressive towards humans; similar to a regular house fly in that I've never been stung, bitten or harassed by one.

1 Species ID Suggestions

FFHRheingau
FFHRheingau 10 years ago
Robber fly
Asilidae Asilidae


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6 Comments

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 10 years ago

Thank you so much for all your help Diaz Jose Miguel, FFHRheingau and venusflytrap2000! :-)

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

Thanks! I will edit that!

FFHRheingau
FFHRheingau 10 years ago

Yes, the fly in your link also belongs to the Asilidae, not the Tabanidae :)

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 10 years ago

so this one would be a similar one?? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/166...

FFHRheingau
FFHRheingau 10 years ago

Yes, I'm with venusfly. But I can't make more than the family of it, especially since I'm not familiar with the Asilidae of the US. But maybe it's the genus Tolmerus.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

it is most definetely a robberfly

JanelleL.Streed
Spotted by
JanelleL.Streed

Minnesota, USA

Spotted on Aug 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 14, 2014

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