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Robber fly

Anisoptera

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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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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
DianaJ.Limjoco
Thanks everyone for helping me identify this....really didn't know the difference.
LivanEscudero
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
Yes... robberfly. Dramatic shot Diana - reminds me I must have some breakfast.
Sergio Monteiro
Nice photo, Diana, but this is not a dragonfly, but a robber fly (family Asilidae).

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PublishedFebruary 28, 2013

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