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Photo by SeanRees
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Field Notes

Description:

I think he's a Robber Fly.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Small Wonders
Likely male Robber Fly Efferia sp. - similar spotting here :http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7760217
Gordon Dietzman
This is a robber fly, but you'll have to do a bit of digging to narrow the ID. Start at http://bugguide.net/node/view/151/bgimage?from=0, but there are nearly 300 pages of possibilities. The first several pages are just identified as the family Asilidae. As you progress you'll find the ID narrowing a bit into genus and then species. Good luck! Let us know what you find out.

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 25, 2012

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