Robberflies (Asilidae) of Florida

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Asilinae

Nerax femorata

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Male
Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Male

Nerax tabescens

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Male with a Little Blue Dragonlet
Click to Enlarge Gainesville, FL
Male

Nerax aestuans

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Female

Nerax apicalis

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Female

Nerax sp.

Click to Enlarge Torreya St. Park, FL
Female
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
Female
Click to Enlarge Gainesville, FL
Female
Click to Enlarge Gainesville, FL
Female
Click to Enlarge Watermelon Pond, Alachua Co., FL
Female

Mallophora orcina

Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
Grabbed a small bee . . .
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
and flew to the cover of a tree.
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
A downpour opened up, but I was curious how this fellow would react. The result: we both sat there and got wet.
Click to Enlarge Gainesville, FL
With a bumblebee
Click to Enlarge Alachua Co., FL

Megaphorus minutus

Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
Might just beat Laphystia as the cutest Asilid.

Proctacanthus brevipennis

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Male
Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Male
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie, Alachua Co., FL
Male
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie, Alachua Co., FL
Female
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie, Alachua Co., FL
Brevipennis is strongly marked on the thorax
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie, Alachua Co., FL
Female

Proctacanthus milberti

Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Click to Enlarge Morningside, Alachua Co., FL
Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Female ovipositing in sand

Promachus bastardii

Click to Enlarge Apalachicola National Forest, FL

Promachus rufipes

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL

Triorla interrupta

Click to Enlarge O'Leno St. Park, FL
Fly eat fly
Click to Enlarge Watermelon Pond, Alachua Co., FL
Male

Machimus sp.

Click to Enlarge Morningside, Alachua Co., FL
Click to Enlarge Possum Branch, Alachua Co., FL

Neoitamus flavofemoratus

Click to Enlarge San Felasco Hammock, Alachua Co., FL
Male
Click to Enlarge Possum Branch, Alachua Co., FL
Female

Ommatius gemma

Click to Enlarge O'Leno St. Park, FL
Small
Click to Enlarge Citrus Co., FL
Possibly gemma

Ommatius wilcoxi

Click to Enlarge Tag Agency Wetland, Alachua Co., FL
I quite like this photo

Ommatius sp.

Click to Enlarge Spring Valley Park, York Co., PA

Polacantha gracilis

Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
The eyes of this species appear green or red depending on the light. Here is a green-eyed Female.
Click to Enlarge Watermelon Pond, Alachua Co., FL
Male
Click to Enlarge Paynes Prairie State Preserve, FL
Red-eyed Male

Unknown Asilid

Click to Enlarge Torreya St. Park, FL

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