Daptolestes limbipennis

Robber fly at Albury, NSW

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Identification history

	Daptolestes limbipennis	29 Jan 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	20 Oct 2022	KylieWaldon

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I'm having a stab in the dark here. Looks like two robberflies mating, but either before or during one of them has picked up a snack. Maybe a native bee. ? which is making the whole shape look very weird. Though never seen robberflies with yellow on the legs before.

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KimberiRP wrote:

29 Jan 2025

I agree there is a robber fly in there, and it's caught something else, maybe a flower wasp. The Robber fly Daptolestes limbipennis has splashes of yellow on the legs which match this one.

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Sighting information

2 Abundance
20 Oct 2022 09:00 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Daptolestes limbipennis Scientific name
Robber fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1534.4m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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