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Common Name:
Robber Fly

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Superclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Superfamily:
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Stenopogoninae
Tribe:
Species:
Dioctria hyalipennis

Hodges No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 6/24/07

Notes: Victim is a wasp, possibly an Ichneumon Wasp

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Robber Fly
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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