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Dead fly in spider's net (16.10.16): Therevidae? --> Asilidae
Juergen Peters
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Hello,

I found this 10 mm fly dead in a net of Amaurobius similis at the door of our garden shed (northwest Germany). Thereva (apicalis?)?

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I think Asilidae subfamily Asilinae. Note closed cell r1.
 
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John Carr wrote:
I think Asilidae subfamily Asilinae. Note closed cell r1.


Thanks a lot, John!
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Jürgen

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Most likely ID Neomochtherus cf geniculatus
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Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/

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