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Beast and Beauty Robber fly in North Texas shares a bubbly branch by the begonias. Diptera: Asilidae according to my search engine. Efferia aestuans,Neoinamus cyanurus,Neoitamus cyanurus,robber Fly Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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Robber fly in North Texas shares a bubbly branch by the begonias. Diptera: Asilidae according to my search engine.

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    morpheme
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    This seems an unlikely - Neoitamus cyanurus isn't known to be present in the US. These can be difficult to ID. Many species may come down to microscopic details.. But BugGuide can be a good place to start https://bugguide.net/node/view/151 You can set up a free account there too and possibly have an expert look your photo. Posted one year ago
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      Slowbutsteady
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      Thanks. Bugguide.net has ID’d as efferia aestuans. C. Baxter Posted one year ago, modified one year ago

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The Efferia aestuans

''E. aestuans'' is a member of the Asilidae family. It is native to eastern North America, where it ranges from Ontario and New Hampshire south into Florida and New Mexico. It was originally described as ''Asilus aestuans'' in Carl Linnaeus' 1763 work ''Centuria Insectorum''.

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