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Batesian Mimicry ... The harmless robber fly (right) resembles the bumblebee (left) even though the two are not closely related. The robber fly is a dipteran, with only a single pair of wings, while the bumblebee is a hymenopteran with two pairs.
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This feature further deepens their disguise. In the genus Laphria there occurs a robberfly which closely resembles a big wasp in the genus Vespa. As you can see, there are many instances of mimicry in the robber fly family...
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www.critterzone.com/magazineresource/robber-fly-Asilida...
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How color patterns protect fragile insects ; from predators. Camouflage, mimicry and ; protective coloration. 2 programs. 40 ; slides. Extensive guides. ; ... CAMOUFLAGE AND MIMICRY IN INSECTS Order #453..........$42.50 ; Illustrates and explains camouflage, mimicry and Batesian mimicry in the insect world.
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Pest management information for the homeowner from Univar USA. Photos, articles and a Pest Management Company Finder ... Robber flies also have perfected the art of mimicry, and many times you will see what for all the world looks like a large bumblebee, but in reality is a robber fly.
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For the wasps mimicry cases we found, beside the colours and body shapes are well resemble, all mimics behave much as ... In mid summer we found this Wasp Mimic Robber Fly hunting on the ground among the dry leaves in Mt Cotton bushland. At first we thought it was a wasp and put those pictures in our Vespid Wasps page.
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One evening I followed a robber fly along the flowerbed. Robber flies are largish predators about ... bee fly; Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the small- to medium-sized flies of the family Bombyliidae...This mimicry provides bee flies with some measure of protection...the sting of true bees.
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www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-robberflies.html
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A natural born killer, Robber Fly Laphria sacrator was a juvenile delinquent and assassin by the time he was a third instar. ... Robber Fly, Laphria sacrator, Asilidae, Diptera. Antenna of Rachicerus obscuripennis, Xylophagidae, Diptera. Antenna of Bumble Bee, Psithysus ashtoni, Apidae, Hymenoptera. Dotted Clay Moth...
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www.magma.ca/~bflahey/card_backs/therobberfly.htm
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however, I would see an even larger robber fly that day. I didn’t know what it was at the time, but I knew that never before had I seen such a magnificent fly, with its large, shimmering, emerald eyes, streamlined body almost devoid of setae (hairs), and ludicrously large size.
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beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/north-america...
beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/north-americas-largest-robber-fly/
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HULL (1962): "As regard mimicry in this family, ... Besides the robber fly Asilus midas Brauer, the series contains Mydas xanthopterus Loew, two large staphylinid beetles, and a large, conspicuous ichneumonid-type wasp. In southern Arizona Blepharepium secabilis Walker occurs in company with a similarly colored sphecid wasp...
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