Jewels of Death: Images of Spider Flies

Apsona muscaria

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Leucopsina odyneroides

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Leucopsina odyneroides

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Leucopsina odyneroides

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Leucopsina odyneroides

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Mesophysa tenaria Neboiss

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Mesophysa tenaria Neboiss

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Mesophysa tenaria Neboiss

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Mesophysa tenaria Neboiss, female

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Panops austrae Neboiss

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Panops austrae Neboiss

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Panops austrae Neboiss

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Panops austrae Neboiss

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Panops baudini Lamarck (western form)

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Panops baudini Lamarck (western form)

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Panops baudini Lamarck (eastern form)

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Panops baudini Lamarck (eastern form)

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Panops boharti (Schlinger) comb

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Panops conspicuous (Brunetti)

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Panops danielsi

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Panops danielsi

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Panops grossi (Neboiss) comb.

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Panops grossi (Neboiss) comb.

It is just me, or does this one look like a Corn Nut? Learn more about Spider Flies

Panops aurum

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Panops jade

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Panops schlingeri

These species were named for Evert I. Schlinger, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, who started studying the spider fly in the 1960s. Learn more about Spider Flies

Panops jade

Researcher Shaun Winterton named this one after his daughter, Jade. Learn more about Spider Flies

Helle longirostris (Hudson)

This one looks like the alien from Alien (Brandywine Productions, 1979). Learn more about Spider Flies

Panops schlingeri

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Schlingeriella irwini Gillung & Winterton

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Ogcodes

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Pterodontia davisi Paramonov

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Apsona muscaria

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Panops baudini

An adult spider fly (Panops baudini) feeds on flowers of a desert pea, photographed during September in Boorabbin National Park, Western Australia. Learn more about Spider Flies