Prolepsis tristus

Greg Lasley Nature Photography
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This robber fly is known as Prolepsis tristus and was photographed in Austin, Travis Co., Texas in September 2004 with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and an EF 300 mm F/4L IS lens with a 2X extender and 550 EX flash. Herschel Raney has more excellent photos of this species on his Arkansas site here. This individual is a female. As Herschel comments, this robber is very wasp-like in appearance and actions.