A male Nicocles pictus with prey in Chesterfield Co., Virginia (4/12/2009).
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Nicocles pictus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/3/2021). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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According to Paul Bedell (BugGuide comment here), Nicocles pictus appears to favor roadsides through pine/oak woods. The flies evidently prefer to perch low on terminal buds. This species has interesting display behaviors, with males undulating the abdomen to flash pale markings. They are quite cold tolerant, and are active as adults in late fall, and again in early spring (Bedell, 2010).
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A male Nicocles pictus with prey in Chesterfield Co., Virginia (4/12/2009).
Media by
Steve Collins.
Nicocles pictus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/3/2021). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Nicocles pictus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Nicocles |
| Species: | N. pictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nicocles pictus (Loew, 1866)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nicocles pictus is a species of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae).[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nicocles pictus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Nicocles pictus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Nicocles pictus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Nicocles pictus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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