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catchsnaprelease
12-02-2014, 08:21 PM
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Ideas on what this is bug experts? Robber fly?
Found on the bank of the Truckee River last summer. Size of a quarter.

East Bay Ed
12-04-2014, 11:10 AM
It looks like it could be an Abedus water bug. Look at it on google. I found one about 50 years ago on the Yuba River. It was so large, probably well over an inch with eggs all over its back, that I was afraid to touch it. I later found out that the males are the ones who carry the eggs glued to their back. They live in rivers and feed on other aquatic insects.

Kevin Goding
12-04-2014, 02:48 PM
Yep, Robber fly. Think someone else had a picture of one a while back too. Come in all sizes and colors, my favorite ones look like bumble bees.