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Red-footed Cannibal Fly

Promachus rufipes

11,445 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 175, February 211, March 195, April 313, May 314, June 189, July 170, August 865, September 372, October 182, November 141, December 162.
United States10,115
North Carolina2,387
Virginia1,559
Georgia1,240
Maryland1,111
South Carolina579
Tennessee537
Pennsylvania242
New Jersey209
West Virginia155

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyRobber Flies · Asilidae
GenusGiant Robber Flies · Promachus

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