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Erax from France
benoit
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Hello,

I think that this is an Asilidae of the genus Erax because of the smoked/darkened cross veins and shape of the antennae. Do you agree?

Photo taken the 3 May 2014 in Vaucluse (southern France - 84).

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Benoit
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Certainly Erax! probably barbatus/punctipennis
Greetings,

Reinoud

Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/

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Thank-you
 
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Benoit - and note a characteristic, dense, white hair on the lower part of the scutum, just before the scutellum.
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Ho yes, it is quite striking.
 
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