A Three-banded Pirate in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/6/2015).

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A Three-banded Pirate in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/6/2015).

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A Three-banded Pirate on Assateague Island, Maryland (8/11/2007).

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A Three-banded Pirate in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2011).

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A Three-banded Pirate in Kent Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 181950 - Psn: 34)

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A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/9/2017). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 255056 - Psn: 40)

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/9/2017). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/20/2023). (c) Allen Dupre, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 875149 - Psn: 44)

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/20/2023). (c) Allen Dupre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Three-banded Pirate in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/28/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1316445 - Psn: 52)

Three-banded Pirate in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/28/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/30/2017).

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Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1301322 - Psn: 55)

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/20/2025). (c) Bert Harris, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1319242 - Psn: 55)

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/20/2025). (c) Bert Harris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/9/2017). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Three-banded Pirate on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/8/2015). Determined by Ben Coulter.

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Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/18/2024). (c) Anneke, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1083791 - Psn: 78)

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/18/2024). (c) Anneke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/12/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 263525 - Psn: 90)

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/12/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A widespread species, Stichopogon trifasciatus frequents sandy habitats, usually near water, like beaches, dunes, river/creek banks, or gravel pits. They prefer to alight directly on the substrate, rather than on vegetation or debris (Baker & Fischer, 1975).

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A Three-banded Pirate in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/6/2015). View Record Details Media by Steve Scholnick.

A Three-banded Pirate on Assateague Island, Maryland (8/11/2007). Media by Steve Collins.

A Three-banded Pirate in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2011). Media by Mike Ostrowski.

A Three-banded Pirate in Kent Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Pamela Cowart-Rickman.

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/9/2017). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist.

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/20/2023). (c) Allen Dupre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Allen Dupre via iNaturalist.

Three-banded Pirate in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/28/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). View Record Details Media by Tim Friedlander.

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joe Girgente via iNaturalist.

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/20/2025). (c) Bert Harris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Bert Harris via iNaturalist.

A Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/9/2017). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist.

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joe Girgente via iNaturalist.

A Three-banded Pirate on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/8/2015). Determined by Ben Coulter. View Record Details Media by Tim Friedlander.

Three-banded Pirate in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/18/2024). (c) Anneke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Anneke via iNaturalist.

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Stichopogon trifasciatus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Genus:	Stichopogon
Species:	S. trifasciatus
Binomial name
*Stichopogon trifasciatus* (Say, 1823)
Synonyms^[1]
Dasypogon gelascens Walker, 1860 Dasypogon trifasciatus Say, 1823 Stichopogon snowii Bezzi, 1910 Thereva plagiata Walker, 1848

Stichopogon trifasciatus, the three-banded robber fly, is a species of robber flies, insects in the family Asilidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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^ ^a ^b "Stichopogon trifasciatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "Stichopogon trifasciatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "Stichopogon trifasciatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "Stichopogon trifasciatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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Taxon identifiers
Stichopogon trifasciatus	Wikidata: Q10821840 BioLib: 1387948 BOLD: 344336 BugGuide: 18894 CoL: 52J99 EoL: 756534 GBIF: 1663811 iNaturalist: 61704 Insecta.pro: 887558 ITIS: 132543 NatureServe: 2.748281 NCBI: 247564 Open Tree of Life: 153053

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Three-banded Pirate

Stichopogon trifasciatus (Say, 1823)

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