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Robber Fly
Asilidae
50.572, -3.92112
Field Notes
Description:
Within Wistmans Wood - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wistman%27s_Wood
Habitat:
Wistman's Wood is a rare relict example of the ancient high-level woodlands of Dartmoor, and because of this it has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1964,[2] and is an NCR site. Its name probably derives from Wisht-man's wood, the vernacular word wisht meaning pixie-led or haunted.[3]
The wood consists mainly of stunted pedunculate oak trees that grow from between moss-covered boulders and are festooned with epiphytic mosses, lichens and ferns. There are also some rowan, holly and willow trees.
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