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Red Footed Cannibalfly

Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are eaten by

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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)

are preyed upon by

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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)

behavioral circadian rhythm

Lewis and Taylor 1965
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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(adult)

body length

AmericanInsects

30.5 mm

(adult, average)

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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eat

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Libellula needhami Westfall 1943 (Needham's Skimmer)
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Papilio glaucus Linnaeus 1758 (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Libellula incesta Hagen 1861 (Slaty Skimmer)

feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
sucking mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/sucking

Definition: Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.

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(adult)

geographic distribution

United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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North Atlantic Species List
North Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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prey on

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Stylurus spiniceps (Walsh 1862)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Erythemis simplicicollis (Say 1840) (Eastern Pondhawk)
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Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775) (Red-footed Cannibalfly)
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Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 (Honey bee)

visit

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Rudbeckia hirta L. (blackeyed Susan)
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Hydrangea paniculata Siebold (panicled hydrangea)
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Pycnanthemum muticum (Michx.) Pers. (Clustered Mountain-Mint)