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spider killer

Tipulogaster glabrata

Photo by AngelChandler
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Field Notes

Habitat:

perhaps stalking a crab spider in a pipsissewa flower

Reference Links:

spider killer - Tipulogaster glabrata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
AngelChandler
Thanks Liam. I looked at the robber flies and it seems to resemble the spider killer which would explain why it was so steadily snooping around that flower like that (looking for a crab spider maybe).
Liam
A Robber Fly, family Asilidae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/151

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PublishedJuly 24, 2012

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