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Robber Fly

Photo by TracyL
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Field Notes

Notes:

I want to say its at least in the dragon fly category

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Comments (8)
TracyL
all of a sudden i have found tons of these guys every where!
TracyL
Thankyou!! I love this photo one of my favs!
animaisfotos
The only thing I know is that it looks scary. Beautiful? Yes. But scary at the same time. Thanks for sharing.
wonju.brian
It's a hover fly. In the family Syrphidae.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2011

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