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Unnamed spotting

Description:

A dark red color with clear dark wings and six legs

1 Species ID Suggestions

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago
Robber Fly
Ommatius wilcoxi


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9 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

It's a robber fly !!

PaoloCo
PaoloCo 11 years ago

Maybe a dragonfly

Blake Hughes
Blake Hughes 11 years ago

No that's not what it look like face to face to face

Blake Hughes
Blake Hughes 11 years ago

It won't let me go to your link am just doing this for class so if its a robber fly could you please give me the scientific name and describe

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago

http://www.critterzone.com/magazineresou...

Is this what you're describing?

Blake Hughes
Blake Hughes 11 years ago

Or something they were together by the stingers

Blake Hughes
Blake Hughes 11 years ago

It's two matting by the stingers I can't fix it because I cropped the picture

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago

Judging by the back legs, thorax and abdomen, I concur with Aaron on it being a Robber Fly.

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Hi there. I can't see this one too well, but it looks like it could be a robber fly and not a hornet. Do you have any other images?

Blake Hughes
Spotted by
Blake Hughes

Wilder, Kentucky, USA

Spotted on Jul 27, 2012
Submitted on Nov 2, 2012

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