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Cerdistus sp. (genus)

Slender Robber Fly at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Cerdistus sp. (genus)	31 Dec 2020	GregD
	Unverified	31 Dec 2020	TimL

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The Robber fly is shown with its prey, a True fly. The images show the True fly's body having split open just below the location where the Robber fly has impaled it. Presumably this is due to the fluid injected by the Robber fly to kill and digest its prey.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.108235 -35.273804
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
29 Dec 2020 01:58 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Cerdistus sp. (genus) Scientific name
Slender Robber Fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1641.6m Recorded at altitude
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