Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 565
e upon apossible victim, no matter what the odds maybe. This most daring highwayman of the in-sect world is the robber-fly, or Asilus. The many robber-flies constitute the familyAsilidcz, and, with all the true flies, belong tothe order Diptera, the two-winged insects.The smallest member of the… … A ROBBER-FLY. s o m e -muchremark-city ofstrengthvictims. some brown and gray, othersdull yellow, or black variegat-yellow. Some, again, have scarce-ly any hair, whileothers are denselyhairy. Certain species lookthing like wasps, and otherslike bees. Robber-flies areable not only for the fero-their…
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