Black-backed Lampria Lampria bicolor (Wiedemann, 1828)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Asilidae   >   Genus Lampria   

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This brightly-colored representative of a mostly neotropical genus can sometimes be found hunting in low, dense vegetation, or guarding territory at a stump or log.

There are 5 records in the project database.

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A Black-backed Lampria in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/16/2020). Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

A Black-backed Lampria in Howard Co., Maryland (8/22/2019). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by spyingnaturalist via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Black-backed Lampria from Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (07/14/2013). Photo by Ben Coulter. (MBP list)

A Black-backed Lampria in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/11/2023). (c) Wendy J. Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND). Photo by Wendy Alexander. (MBP list)

A Black-backed Lampria in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/8/2017). (c) Matt Muir, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). Photo by Matt Muir via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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