Insects and Spiders

Hitchhiker

I had returned to my car at Sunset Bay when I saw something strange. My car had a little hitchhiker. I don't see this kind of robber fly very often. This is a female and she has one of the longest ovipositors of all the robber flies. There does not seem to be a common name for this particular species.
Female Robber Fly (Efferia aestuans)

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