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Asilidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Atelocerata
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Superfamily: Asiloidea
Family: Asilidae
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Image Subject Name Scientific Name Description
5495204 robber flies Efferia spp.
5495205 robber flies Efferia spp.
5495207 robber fly Stenopogon inquinatus
5495208 robber fly Stenopogon inquinatus
5393528 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis Close-up of face
1593090 robber flies Robber fly adult with captured prey item (smaller fly).  Robber fly had landed on a Forest Service map. 
1593091 robber flies Natural enemy, predatory fly, adult robber fly with prey item, another fly species.  Robber fly had landed on a Forest Service map.
5476113 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Struggle between Robber Fly and Yellow Jacket
5476099 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita
5476091 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita A second Yellow Jacket enters the frame, it's stinger prominently displayed.
5476096 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Struggle between Robber Fly and Yellow Jacket
5476100 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita
5476097 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita
5476098 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Robber Fly and Yellow Jacket struggling
5476094 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita
5476095 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita
5476125 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Focus on the Robber Fly head
5476126 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita
5476115 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Struggle between Yellow Jacket and Robber Fly
5476116 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita The Robber Fly inverts, setting atop of the Yellow Jacket.
5476117 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Focus on the Yellow Jacket thorax
5476093 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Close up of Struggle between Robber Fly and Yellow Jacket
5476112 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Struggle between Yellow Jacket and Robber Fly
5476114 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Yellow Jacket in the grib of a Robber Fly
5476110 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Focus on Yellow Jacket
5476111 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Ensuing struggle between Robberfly and Yellow Jacket
5476092 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita Depth of field now focused on Robber Fly
5476090 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita A second Yellow Jacket enters the frame, it's stinger prominently displayed.
5476089 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita A Robber Fly takes a Yellow Jacket to the ground.
5476088 robber fly Proctacanthella exquisita  A Robber Fly takes a Yellow Jacket to the ground
5471170 robber flies feeding on orthopterian
1455191 robber flies Adult Proctacanthes sp. feeding on smaller robber fly, Sarcopogon sp.
5454437 robber flies
5445069 bumble bee mimic robber fly Laphria thoracica Laphria thoracica.
5429639 robber flies Robber fly eating a honey bee
5443398 robber flies Efferia spp. Female Efferia depositing her eggs.
2166067 giant robber fly of Great Plains Microstylum morosum Adult male perched on seed head; July 12, 2006
2146040 robber flies Dioctria spp. with prey
1225054 robber flies
1366017 robber flies
1472053 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. adult on Solidago spp., 9 October 1976
1225052 robber flies
1400046 robber flies Eating another insect.
2146041 robber flies Dioctria spp. with prey
1225053 robber flies
1225059 robber flies
1366022 robber fly Holcocephala fusca with midge prey
1455192 robber flies Proctacanthus spp. Mating
2146039 robber flies with prey
2116062 robber flies
1225144 robber flies
1225147 robber fly Leptogaster flavipes
2167001 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis close-up of head showing facial bristles; July 14, 2006
9009082 robber flies
2166068 giant robber fly of Great Plains Microstylum morosum Adult female ovipositing in soil at base of mixed grasses and sunflowers; July 13, 2006
2166074 robber fly Triorla interrupta A species most commonly found near streams; July 12, 2006
1225149 robber fly Erax barbatus
1225154 robber fly Erax barbatus
5429636 robber flies laying an egg
5429640 robber flies eating a bee
2166070 robber fly Triorla interrupta A species most commonly found near streams
5429666 robber flies
5429667 robber flies
5429668 robber flies
5429663 robber flies
5429664 robber flies
5429665 robber flies
2166100 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis adult on streamside vegetation; July 14, 2006
2166087 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis Adult eclosion; Adult approximately 5 minutes after initiation of emergence from pupal skin, within 15 seconds of adult emergence; June 23, 2006
5429962 robber fly Ceraturgus spp.
2166097 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis teneral adult next to pupal skin; June 23, 2006
2166098 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis adult within 10 seconds of emergence from pupal skin; note meconium spot on soil; June 23, 2006
2166072 robber fly Triorla interrupta Adult feeding on grasshopper; July 11, 2006
5131074 robber flies
2166069 robber fly Stichtopogon trifasciatus July 12, 2006
2166065 giant robber fly of Great Plains Microstylum morosum Adult male perched on seed head. July 12, 2006
5428017 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp.
5428018 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. mating
2166099 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis teneral adult; June 23, 2006
5411497 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis
5411498 prairie robber fly Diogmites angustipennis
5424152 robber flies
1543985 robber flies
1543982 robber flies
1543984 robber flies
1543979 robber flies
1543980 robber flies
5387753 hanging thief robber fly Diogmites salutans Photographed on a briar
5382557 Robber Fly Lampria bicolor
5382540 bee-like robber fly Laphria flavicollis Photographed on a Sawtooth Blackberry
5382528 Bee-like Robber Fly Laphria saffrana Photographed on a pine cone
5382527 Bee-like Robber Fly Laphria saffrana Photographed on a pine cone
5403488 robber flies Holcocephala spp.
5403487 robber flies
5403489 robber flies
5381068 robber flies Efferia spp.
5381069 robber flies Efferia spp.
5364277 robber fly Microstylum galactodes Close view of the robber fly, Microstylum galactodes.
5364278 robber flies A mating pair of predatory robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae).
5364276 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. Adult robber fly (Diogmites grossa) with its prey, a fly.
5364275 robber fly Laphria fernaldi An adult robber fly (Laphria fernaldi).
5368150 robber flies feeding on Hymenia sp.
5347097 hanging thief robber fly Diogmites properans
5348001 red-footed cannibalfly Promachus rufipes
5305007 robber flies Laphystia spp. Lincoln County, Colorado
5305008 robber flies Laphystia spp. Lincoln County, Colorado
5303088 robber fly Ospriocerus latipennis
5209074 robber fly Ospriocerus latipennis
5210007 robber flies Efferia spp. Female ovipositing in flower head
5210008 robber flies Efferia spp. Female ovipositing in flower head
5255029 robber flies
5206084 robber fly Laphria virginica
1491051 robber fly Laphria fernaldi Adult, close-up
1491052 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. Adult with fly prey
5178031 robber flies
5175044 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. 700 East, Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
5175045 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. with honey bee; Near Williamsburg Apartments, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
5175043 giant robber flies Promachus spp.
5174095 hanging thief robber fly Diogmites neoternatus Gillam Township, Jasper County, Indiana. I've seen this species (Diogmites neoternatus) catch bees, wasps, and damselflies.
5175041 robber flies Efferia spp. 700 East, Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
5175042 robber flies Efferia spp. 700 East, Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
5138005 robber flies Holcocephala spp.
5137082 robber flies
5137083 robber flies
1225150 robber flies Robber fly (wing structure)
1225157 robber flies Robber fly
1225148 robber fly Erax barbatus Erax barbatus Robber fly
5108100 hanging thieves robber flies Diogmites spp. on landscape plant
5109001 robber fly Efferia aestuans on wooden post
5109002 robber fly Efferia aestuans on wooden post
3225087 robber flies with prey
2166071 giant robber fly of Great Plains Microstylum morosum
0014085 robber flies

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