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Moscas Ladronas Y Asesinas (Familia Asilidae)

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charlieflomz

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Junio 2, 2023 a las 12:20 PM CST

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santanadnl

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Agosto 21, 2020 a las 12:55 PM CDT

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daniel_brito

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Agosto 14, 2020 a las 10:39 AM SST

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diogoluiz

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Febrero 3, 2024 a las 07:45 PM -03

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chinz5

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Junio 30, 2023 a las 01:47 PM MDT

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Fernie (Google, OSM)

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istari

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Enero 5, 2017 a las 02:33 PM AEDT

Descripción

Not the clearest photo. A very large robber fly.

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Escamas Armadas (Familia Diaspididae)

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Diciembre 2023

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

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stevecollins

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Mayo 5, 2023 a las 02:36 PM EDT

Descripción

Blog post about this interesting interaction: Leptogaster vs. Argiope spider
https://robberfly.org/2023/05/06/leptogaster-stealth-spider-hunters/

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jessmullins

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Agosto 15, 2018 a las 12:44 PM MST

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timknapp

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Agosto 20, 2023 a las 10:02 AM MDT

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bsw_md

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Julio 28, 2023 a las 05:56 AM EDT

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mckcolin

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Octubre 26, 2023 a las 12:41 PM MDT

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Octubre 22, 2023 a las 05:01 PM MST

Descripción

One of many Heteropogon of this species out today, but this one had a curious interaction: I watched it sit next to the beetle, then fly around nearby in the hovering (courtship?) dance, and then sit again. It seemed like it was trying to court the beetle?! Maybe just because of the visual similarity since the beetle was sitting on a twig tip like the Heteropogon do. Or maybe some pheromone mixup? I managed to save both specimens, I’ll make a duplicate for the beetle when I can get better photos of it for ID.

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Octubre 22, 2023 a las 04:50 PM MST

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I finally looked at these under a lens and wow, the males are so cool looking! I finally see why Martin named the species “mica”! The spatulate abdomen is remarkable, too. So I've duplicated this observation to show them off.

As Martin's description says: tergite 2 brown tomentose on posterior 2/3, tergites 3-6 densely gray stippled pollinose, tergites 1-3 with short reddish yellow hair, middle of mystax with some orange hairs, tibiae red.

Saw dozens of these little shiny brown Holopogon out on palo verde or mesquite twig tips about head high down near the (dry) wash. Specimens in coll. These are closely related to the shiny blue species also out now (sapphirus), and this is the type locality. I think this is just my second time finding this species (also once outside Madera canyon in 2019).

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chaseyb

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Octubre 8, 2023 a las 12:54 PM EDT

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Scherer Thaxton Preserve

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Octubre 2, 2022 a las 05:44 PM MST

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Found some Heteropogon on my way out of the Leptogaster site at sunset. One regular H. paurosomus on a tree twig, then one male (here) and female of this super fuzzy and big species perching on some waist-high grasses in the field. I put a leg from each in ethanol.

Identifying these was a trick— Wilcox didn’t include the species in his keys because it was only known from Mexico at the time. So they key out near H. johnsoni, and I think a bunch of the specimens in the UAIC are misID’d as such because they were just working through the key. But johnsoni males supposedly have a black tuft on the middle tibiae (like many other Heteros), which these don’t. And Eric Fisher at least believes H. divisus comes up here— he included it in the draft checklist and has iD’d them on Bugguide as such (e.g., https://bugguide.net/node/view/1739923). This one seems a little orange (especially vs the white female) but I guess that sometimes happens.

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argonauta

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Septiembre 10, 2023 a las 10:39 PM MST

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Moscas Caza Abejas (Género Mallophora)

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diogoluiz

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Septiembre 23, 2023 a las 11:51 AM -03

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nyoni-pete

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Marzo 21, 2010 a las 09:58 AM AEST

Descripción

5226 We walked up Mimosa Creek from the Ring Rd and looped back to the Ring Rd.

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kadhiravan

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Septiembre 24, 2023 a las 08:14 AM IST

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Robber Fly

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wendybirds

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Septiembre 3, 2023 a las 11:00 PM MST

Descripción

Looking for scorpions with blacklight flashlight and happily discovered this species flouresces, too!

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Mosca Caza Abejas (Mallophora leschenaulti)

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debbie454

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Julio 18, 2023 a las 09:24 AM CDT

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Diciembre 21, 2021 a las 02:05 PM AEDT

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Agosto 2023

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

Found up high originally on dead branch (location shown in 2nd picture) before it flew down, landed on my shoulder and then took off again. Followed it probably 100ft to where it was perching low to the ground on a maple branch (final picture). Tons of wasps and bees around for food. I'll try to revisit this site again before the season is over, not feeling well today but glad I took a chance.

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Junio 2, 2023 a las 01:41 PM EDT

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verpahh

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Julio 2023

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So this one is on a harvestman

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verpahh

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Julio 2023

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drake172

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Julio 3, 2023 a las 09:24 AM MDT

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Garrapata de la Costa del Pacífico (Dermacentor occidentalis)

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chilipossum

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Julio 7, 2023 a las 12:17 PM PDT

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This was the Yerba Santa of your nightmares

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janet_mihuc

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Junio 27, 2023 a las 04:38 PM EDT

Descripción

The male stroked the females eyes and thorax then approached from behind with forelegs raised. The female raised the tip of her abdomen. I accidentally scared them away before they could copulate.

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wesanderson

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Junio 2023

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Mayo 2023

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

ID tentative; improvement welcomed.
Another exciting find!
Possibly E. formosa or E. pubera?
It moved when I got too close and landed nearby. That worked a couple of times, but then it had enough and vanished.

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Julio 8, 2017 a las 10:59 AM PDT

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Septiembre 16, 2018 a las 06:45 PM EDT

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bookyen

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Mayo 11, 2023 a las 01:03 PM CST

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Moscas Ladronas (Género Diogmites)

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scrubfae

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Mayo 10, 2023 a las 01:26 PM EDT

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Abril 29, 2023 a las 02:00 AM EEST

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stevecollins

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Mayo 2023

Descripción

I joined Jonathan Mays (FWC invertebrate scientist) on his ongoing survey for Machimus polyphemi. This species is only found within gopher tortoise burrows, and thus far, it has never been found away from a burrow. It preys on the diverse invertebrate community that lives within tortoise burrows. Here it is eating a cave cricket.

Dirk Stevenson devised a method for surveying for these, which he describes in this excellent post:
https://gophertortoisecouncil.org/newsletter/31-volume-41-number-1/104-sandhill-robbers
Note that it's illegal to harass tortoises, so a permit is needed to survey for these.

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joseph92

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Mayo 5, 2023 a las 01:32 PM EDT

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For the robber. Found with Dirk Stevenson.

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Abril 21, 2023 a las 03:05 PM MST

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Woohoo, after a few weeks of trying I finally found a Promachella! @myelaphus Specimen saved in 95% EtOH and freezer for us.

In a sketchy but biologically nice park (I get the sense “greasewood” doesn’t just refer to the tree, I’d you catch my drift… I can be clueless, but even I eventually started to notice there were rather a lot of fit looking men wandering around the desert here!)

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Abril 2023

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

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This weevil was pulled from a stream, and as such was wet. May complicate ID?

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domestik8d

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Abril 4, 2018 a las 06:09 PM PDT

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d2b

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Junio 19, 2014 a las 08:48 PM EDT

Descripción

Collected while hovering: slowly drifting flight near ceiling of porch. Occasionally lunged 4-6 inches upward to ceiling, but did not see it actually taking prey. Legs hanging in flight like a wasp. Did not land during ~3 minutes of observation.

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Abril 16, 2021 a las 03:15 PM EEST

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Moscas Ladronas (Género Efferia)

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Marzo 17, 2023 a las 02:58 PM EDT

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Marzo 22, 2021 a las 03:56 PM EDT

Descripción

Not positive.

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Abril 27, 2021 a las 11:48 AM WEST

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dineshs

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Octubre 2, 2022 a las 08:36 AM IST

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Mayo 2, 2021 a las 06:42 PM EDT

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Very odd looking individual.

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rob21

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Octubre 14, 2017

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latalo

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Febrero 4, 2023 a las 09:50 AM -03

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kmron

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Febrero 9, 2023 a las 01:28 PM -03

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Enero 19, 2023 a las 07:20 AM SAST

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reiner

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Enero 14, 2023 a las 08:06 AM AEDT

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kozue

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Diciembre 2, 2022 a las 07:54 AM -04

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Enero 22, 2023 a las 12:37 PM -05

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kyukich

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Febrero 17, 2017 a las 03:57 PM EST

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fly

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Moscas Ladronas Y Asesinas (Familia Asilidae)

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cheryl394

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Mayo 15, 2022 a las 10:54 AM +07

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jeffreycfy

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Junio 27, 2022 a las 03:03 PM HKT

Descripción

Body length more than 25mm

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lunarjade

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Mayo 17, 2022 a las 10:57 AM +08

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klearad

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Febrero 1, 2021 a las 04:00 PM +08

Descripción

Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Leptogastrinae
Tribe: Leptogastrini
Genus: Ophionomima

Possibly Ophionomima solocifemur
Due to hind legs and locality

1 Feb 2021

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Moscas Ladronas Y Asesinas (Familia Asilidae)

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Enero 12, 2016 a las 11:10 AM WIB

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Moscas Ladronas Y Asesinas (Familia Asilidae)

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Enero 15, 2023 a las 02:10 PM +08

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kenny_well

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Julio 16, 2022 a las 11:49 AM PST

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stunning beast, but can't find a match.....

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columbine79

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Septiembre 25, 2022 a las 12:13 PM EDT

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johanheyns

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Marzo 14, 2021 a las 10:13 AM SAST

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klearad

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Diciembre 1, 2022 a las 02:09 PM +08

Descripción

Purple eye Asilidae (Robber flies),
Ommatiini?

Is the fungi Entomophthora?
Purple eyes deflated and have like snow like fungi on body and part of the legs.

1 Dec 2022

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stinglessbee

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Octubre 22, 2022 a las 11:05 AM MDT

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Septiembre 11, 2021

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A very odd Leptogaster I found last month. Doesn't seem to match any species in the Martin 1957 monograph, and there aren't any specimens with genitalia like this in the UAIC, either. I got this mating pair this day in September and then one other male three weeks later in October, all spotted flying through grass under the same tree by the side of the dry wash. Specimens in my collection, with legs in EtOH. Posting here in case anyone starts working on Leptogastrinae and gets curious.

Update: I heard back from Eric Fisher: "Your Leptogaster looks unusual and my guess is that it is new. I looked through my material on hand (I have 30 identified US species of the genus [...] Of course, it could be something unknown to us, from Mexico." Torsten Dikow also sent me a preliminary response saying he didn't know it offhand and would check specimens sometime.

So hunch confirmed that it's an odd one.

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rochalita

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Septiembre 2, 2022 a las 05:27 PM CDT

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cbjorke

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Agosto 18, 2022 a las 08:46 AM EDT

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ny_wetlander

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Agosto 12, 2020 a las 12:47 PM EDT

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Julio 2020

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

OHAS-790 collected by Rose Fromer with permission. Specimens collected as bycatch from Ohio Bee Survey.

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cecileroux

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Julio 13, 2017 a las 02:51 PM SAST

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Julio 2022

Descripción

Prey

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froggy143

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Abril 29, 2021 a las 03:18 PM MST

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Fecha

Agosto 2020

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

OHAS-931 collected by Rebecca Thomas with permission. Specimens collected as bycatch from Ohio Bee Survey.

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Julio 2020

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

OHAS-795 collected by Rose Fromer with permission. Specimens collected as bycatch from Ohio Bee Survey.

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Moscas Ladronas Y Asesinas (Familia Asilidae)

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k_g22

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Junio 11, 2022 a las 09:49 AM CDT

Descripción

Another guess. Saw some of these mating the other day.

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echo_echo

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Junio 25, 2022 a las 11:34 AM EDT

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ktor

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Abril 26, 2019 a las 04:17 PM +13

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Julio 19, 2020 a las 07:17 AM +07

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budak

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Junio 8, 2018 a las 02:43 PM +08

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ktor

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Mayo 19, 2019 a las 07:47 AM +13

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kimsmith

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Junio 23, 2022 a las 10:40 AM EDT

Descripción

Just basing this on iNat's suggestion -- I know there are no other observations of this genus in Ohio.

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stevecollins

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Junio 19, 2022 a las 09:14 AM EDT

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I went back after finding this species the previous day, and I found this pair! First Gulf coast locality.

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jessicatyrer

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Abril 5, 2022 a las 08:13 PM SAST

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Is this Synolcus dubious?

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jonelofson

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Junio 9, 2022 a las 07:06 PM MDT

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Rabijunco Pico Rojo (Phaethon aethereus)

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jrsebourn

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Junio 5, 2022 a las 03:52 PM PDT

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mokennon

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Mayo 27, 2022 a las 05:05 PM EDT

Descripción

on garlic mustard

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Marmota Canadiense (Marmota monax)

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npunjabi

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Mayo 2022

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

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wanderfoot

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Mayo 5, 2022 a las 10:53 AM EDT

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cae1

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Mayo 3, 2022 a las 09:37 AM PDT

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Octubre 2016

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

Update: timestamp was messed up for some reason. Corrected by synching to the photo and re-saving

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jdzadik

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Abril 17, 2022 a las 04:14 PM EDT

Descripción

Consuming an orchard orbweaver

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Abril 2022

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Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Descripción

2 individuals seen at one time. may be more. Known population I'm pretty sure.

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jimdanzi

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Abril 24, 2022 a las 09:17 AM EDT

Descripción

Sunny, 70sF

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thomasbarbin

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Junio 27, 2020 a las 11:04 AM PDT

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Abril 13, 2022

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This pair was mating peacefully until a third one came and scared them off the perch. It kept flying towards them then flying away repeatedly until bumping into the mating pair, scaring them off. Glad I was able to document the whole thing in photos, never seen anything like this happen before. Clear shots of the black hairs on the abdomen and tibiae for species ID, same size visually as the ones I measured to be 10mm last time I came here,