Can someone please tell me what kind of insect this is? It flew away before I could get a better picture.
CLOSED: insect ID needed
It's a robber fly (family Asilidae). They are ambush predators on other small arthropods, mainly other insects. See https://pbase.com/tmurray74/robber_flies_asilidae for some more examples.
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