Promachus hinei

Promachus hinei

Promachus hinei is a species of giant robber fly found in North America.
LUNCH! Caught this guy eating his lunch on the lawn mower this afternoon, glad my camera was just inside the door. Taken with my Cannon Rebel T3... I did crop out some of the mower in the back ground using photo pro Geotagged,Missouri,Promachus,Promachus hinei,Robber fly,Rural America,United States,fly,robberfly

Behavior

Robber flies, also called assassin flies, from family Asilidae are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyAsilidae
GenusPromachus
SpeciesPromachus hinei