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Robber Fly

Photo by jeannelandin
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Buddlia bush

Notes:

The larger insect looked like some type of bee. It was carrying a dead bumble bee with what looked to be it's stinger.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Cool find! The larger insect with the bumble bee in it's mouth is a Bee-like Robber Fly. Robber Flies are voracious predators. The Bee-like Robber Flies are Bumble Bee mimics. It will probably be difficult to get a species on the Robber Fly but here is a link to the Bugguide page for the Genus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/5234 If you click on the "Browse" tab it will give you a list of the species.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2013

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