Orange-backed Robber Fly
S13, Female, profile
Orange-backed Robber Fly
S14, Female, Wing Venation
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| Orange-backed Robber Fly S13, Female, profile | | Orange-backed Robber Fly S14, Female, Wing Venation | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Robber Fly (Asilidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Orange-backed Robber Fly (Mauropteron pelago)| This Photo: | 🔍S14, Female, profile🔎 | Thank you Stephen Fricker, Mark Hura, Dr Chris Cohen & David Muirhead (DaveMMDave) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Males ~29mm long, females ~34mm long. The genders can be differentiated by the male have a bulbous clasp at the end of it's "tail". The female has a thin posterior to the abdomen. The orange back is surprisingly difficult to see. Obvious in flight if it's below you, or when it's cleaning itself
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