Dioctria pusio from British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter
Laphria index from British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter.
Stenopogon inquinatus, British Columbia, Canada. Photo: Werner Eigelsreiter.
#WorldRobberFlyDay
#FlyWeek ... More robber fly portraits: Dioctria pusio, Laphria index, Stenopogon inquinatus. All from The Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Photos: Werner Eigelsreiter.
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#FlyWeek #WorldRobberFlyDay Fossil head of a Lasiopogon robber fly discovered in a 16,500-year-old Arctic Ground Squirrel midden in Yukon, Canada. Several species of the genus are common in the region today. See doi.org/10.4039/tce....
30.04.2025 22:12 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
For #FlyWeek and #WorldRobberFlyDay, here's a male Efferia benedicti in the grasslands of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
30.04.2025 21:59 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Superb, Teagan!👍
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