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Robber Fly
Asilidae family
19.1943, 72.9702
Field Notes
Description:
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
Habitat:
Seen at a small forest near a river.
Notes:
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Asilidae
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PublishedJuly 4, 2014
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