Subject: What’s this insect?
Geographic location of the bug: Houston Texas
Date: 06/16/2018
Time: 12:34 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: We have been searching all night to identify this bug. Please help us!
How you want your letter signed: Drema from Houston
Dear Drema,
We believe we have correctly identified this Giant Robber Fly with its distinctive white-tipped abdomen as a male Promachus bastardii thanks to this BugGuide image. According to BugGuide: “Males have distinctive white tip on abdomen and white bands on thorax.”