Insects and Spiders

I Love Robber Flies

A month earlier I got a new kind of robber fly that looked almost identical to this one. But they are different species, both new for me. The earlier one had an all black abdomen and didn't have the yellow hairs on the middle legs. It was flavicollis & this one is macquarti. Both found in the same spot & pose a month apart.
Bumble Bee Mimic Robber Fly (Laphria macquarti)

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