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Gnat Ogre (robberfly)

Holcocephala sp.

Photo by LisaPowers
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small robberfly with big red eyes

Habitat:

Rural backyard in grown up grasses surrounding an artificial pond.

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Comments (7)
Tom15
Lisa, this is great!
LisaPowers
Thanks Tiz and SatyenM. I had taken many pix of this guy and was about to quit when I realized that the dew drop might make a lovely addition. So I zoomed out and took a few more. :-)
Tiz
What a masterpiece!

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PublishedAugust 22, 2013

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