News February 2019
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A young greyish baywing. With the oral flange and pinkish mandible
The family at Coypu Pond. Dad and his four little jacanas
Three young of a family
It is as big as a carpenter bee and the rufous flanks remembered Xylocopa frontalis, but with only one pair of wings is nothing but a big fly. It belongs to the family Asilidae, known as assassin or robber flies. This one is a bee robber fly since it frequently preys on honey bees. It causes important losses to beekeepers in the Pampas region.
Last of January
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana
05-01-19 © Liliana H. Rodríguez