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Bee-like Robber Fly

Bee-like Robber Flies

Photo by EduardoFrick
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Field Notes

Description:

4cm long, including wings

Habitat:

Atlantic rainforest

Notes:

Insecta; Diptera; Asilidae;

Reference Links:

Genus Laphria - Bee-like Robber Flies - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Gordon Dietzman
This is one of the robber flies in Laphria and I'd start your ID search there.

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PublishedFebruary 27, 2012

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