Help with identifying this bug--please

tlee

I tried finding this on the net, with no luck. Anyone know what it is?




Here's a pic just for grins

Lord Vetinari

Lovely shots T
#1 is a robber fly of some type.

Brian V.

tlee

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Lovely shots T
#1 is a robber fly of some type.

Brian V.

Thanks. I appreciate the info. . I'll see what I can find, now that I have more to go on.

Awais Yaqub

These are beautiful Tlee

Skippy

tlee wrote:

I tried finding this on the net, with no luck. Anyone know what it is?
Here's a pic just for grins

Hi ya T ... yep as Brian said it's a Robber fly,
It looks more like the variety known as "Bearded Robber Fly"

Thanks for sharing ... Skippy
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tlee

Thanks guys!----I found a "matching" image on bugguide.net

It is a Giant Robber fly, also known as a : Redfooted Cannibalfly / Promachus rufipes.

schmoo

Aw, the grasshopper looks very shy and demure there!