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Asilidae, southern France -> Pogonosoma maroccanum
Erland
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Posted on 21-08-2014 22:55
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The most impressive robberfly I saw in France this summer. 9th July 2014, northwest of Montpellier, at the river L'Herault.
It was picked up from the water and kindly displayed to me by a Spanish Odonatologist. As it was wet, we gambled that it would not fly away.

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Erland
Edited by Erland on 22-08-2014 18:57
If it's not a dragonfly, it might be a fly
 
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Should be Pogonosoma maroccanum
Greetings,

Reinoud

Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/

https://www.nev.nl/diptera/
 
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Indeed and nothing else TumbsUp
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Erland
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Thank you very much Reinoud and Jan.

cheers
Erland
If it's not a dragonfly, it might be a fly
 
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