Yellow Slender Robber Fly
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Ellura
Black Slender Robber Fly
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Black Slender Robber Fly (Cerdistus sp ES02)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Robber Fly (Asilidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black Slender Robber Fly (Cerdistus sp ES02)
This Photo:     Dorsal

Thank you Dr Chris Cohen for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Females ~10mm long

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 19-Nov-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.