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Robber Fly

Photo by Andrea Lim
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Description:

Bronze colored fly to approximately 6 - 8mm long. It settled on the low grasses. Skittish, so could not get very close. I didn't know it was feeding on a fly until I had downloaded the photo to my computer and zoomed in.

Habitat:

Open woodland

Reference Links:

Asilidae, tdikow | The EOL Biodiversity Synthesis Group

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