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Promachus rufipes
These robber flies are powerfully built, bristly flies with short, sharp, stout sucking mouth parts. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly on other insects and they largely wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
Mason Farm Biological Reserve
BugGuide ID'd this as a male.
Spotted on Aug 12, 2012
Submitted on Nov 11, 2012
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