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Robber fly

Anisoptera

Description:

A robber fly with it's morning meal eating a young katydid. The Asilidae are the robber fly family. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with short, sharp, stout sucking mouth parts. Wikipedia

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DianaJ.Limjoco
DianaJ.Limjoco 11 years ago

Thanks everyone for helping me identify this....really didn't know the difference.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

The prey looks like a stink bug.

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

This is not a dragonfly nor a katydid. Young dragonflies are wingless aquatic nymphs. This is rather a Robber Fly of some sort.
something similar to these:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/67268
While the prey is a bug perhaps a kind of stink bug like these:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9058
note the overall shape, straw like mouth part, and leg arrangement.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Yes... robberfly. Dramatic shot Diana - reminds me I must have some breakfast.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Nice photo, Diana, but this is not a dragonfly, but a robber fly (family Asilidae).

DianaJ.Limjoco
Spotted by
DianaJ.Limjoco

Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines

Spotted on Feb 28, 2013
Submitted on Feb 28, 2013

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