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Robber fly

Diptera

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Field Notes

Description:

I have never seen a bug like this, it has eyes!!

Habitat:

By the pond, there was Dragonfly's nearby. If this is a Robber fly it will bite!!

Notes:

Adults have piercing-sucking mouthparts. Adult robber flies perch on stems of low plants or other objects and attack prey in the air. They feed on bees, beetles, dragonflies, other flies, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, wasps, and other insects. Larvae live in the soil, in wood and other habitats, feeding on organic matter, other arthropods such as white grubs, beetle pupae and grasshopper egg masses, and they may be carnivorous.
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg228.html

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)

Diptera is Family of many of Flies...!!
So is it a Andrenosoma fulvicaudum or a Diptera??
http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/category/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/
No idea what they are, but they look pretty neat. I hope you can find an ID
Can be a Robber fly...
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2011

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