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Hanging Thief

Posted by April 9th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Robber Flies

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I sent this before but I don’t know if you got it. I photographed this bug last summer in Northern NJ. I have never seen anything like this before and if I didn’t have the one photo of it, I don’t think I could have convinced anyone else of it’s existence! It was only about an inch or so big, I had to zoom in to get a good photo of it. I only got the one photo before it flew away. Please help me identify this bug!
Sue Dericks
Byram, NJ

Hi Sue,
This is a Robber Fly that is known by the colorful name of the Hanging Thief.

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