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Robber fly

Asilidae family

Description:

about 3cm long. Maybe it´s genus Ommatius

Habitat:

found at my garden

Notes:

I don´t know which species it is – I’ve read that the only definitive way to identify robbers within this genus is to analyze the genitalia of male specimens.

1 Species ID Suggestions

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago
Robber fly
Asilidae Asilidae


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2 Comments

LisaPalmerFleming
LisaPalmerFleming 12 years ago

Great! Especially nice you included the profile. Great shootin'

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Great spot!

EduardoFrick
Spotted by
EduardoFrick

Guararema, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 3, 2012
Submitted on Jan 3, 2012

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