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FOOD OF THE ROBBER FLY, MALLOPHORA ORCINA (WIED) (DIPTERA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. W. Fattig
P. W. Fattig
Affiliation:
Emory University, Georgia
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For several years I have been interested in the prey of the Robber Fly, Mallophora orcina (Weid). I have taken two hundred and eighteen specimens of this robber fly with its prey. The prey belonged to twenty-three species of insects.

It will be noticed that not a single specimen was taken with the large yellow jacket (Vespa carolina), although this species is as common here as is the smaller yellow jacket (Vespa germanica). Ten specimens were taken with Liacos nobilitata, while not a single specimen was taken with Liacos bicincta, although it is as common here as is nobilitata.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 65 , Issue 5 , May 1933 , pp. 119 - 120
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1933

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