Daptolestes limbipennis
Robber fly at Albury, NSW
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| Daptolestes limbipennis | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 20 Oct 2022 |
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I'm having a stab in the dark here. Looks like two robberflies mating, but either before or during one of them has picked up a snack. Maybe a native bee. ? which is making the whole shape look very weird. Though never seen robberflies with yellow on the legs before.
1 comment
29 Jan 2025
I agree there is a robber fly in there, and it's caught something else, maybe a flower wasp. The Robber fly Daptolestes limbipennis has splashes of yellow on the legs which match this one.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.907118-36.065147
- Places Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2022 09:00 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Daptolestes limbipennis Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Daptolestes limbipennis Scientific name
- Robber fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1534.4m Recorded at altitude
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