#Robberfly

[onenicebugperday]

Hanging thieves, Diogmites sp., Asilidae (robber flies)

Photo 1 by seaheart88, 2 by pat_tiller, and 3 by mayfly1963

[snakeguy999]

Fleas and robberfly for Batter

[herpsandbirds]

Bee-mimic Robberflies (Laphria flavicollis), mating, family Asilidae, East TX, USA

photograph by Paxon Kale

[addicted2wasps]

Believe it or not, this is a FLY! It landed right next to me while I was having lunch! I think it's Laphria thoracica. Amazing bumblebee mimics!

[kas-e]

Portraits from the Alien World.

Robberfly, Cornsnake, and Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis. First two were shot in the wild (North Florida), but I raised the mantis from an L2 to adulthood (back when I was breeding jumping spiders). This was just just after her ultimate molt.

Shot using the reverse technique, flash, diffuser, and Nikon gear.

[theineffableimplications]

Spot the robber fly!

[tawnyterror]

preciousness

[drhoz]

#2307 - Saropogon sp.

A genus of at least 120 species of robber fly, found around the Mediterranean, the western half of the US, Mexico, the west coast of South America, tropical Asia, and New Zealand.

Horopito, North island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand.

[ifelten]

Gul vedrovflue (Laphria flava)

I gang med at fortære en syvplettet mariehøne (Coccinella septempunctata).

Bumblebee Robberfly (Laphria flava)

Feeding on a Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata).

[microecobus]

My robberfly rogue goblin character, he will going to rob you with daggers (also stolen)

I based him on Dioctria genus, especially on little Lateralis which i often saw in the summer.

[onenicebugperday]

@orevet submitted: more bugs from the Bronx: scale insects on a reed leaf and a bumblebro

The first ones are aphids rather than scale insects! I think specifically mealy plum aphids. They leave a sort of waxy/powdery looking residue where they feed. And the second one is only pretending to be a bumblebee! It's actually a robber fly, and they want very badly to eat bees. And other bugs. :)

[swords-and-chaos]

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

Robberflies are just little friends! Leggy boys, even.

(not my photos)

[herpsandbirds]

Saw this fella at work and my first immediate thought was “EAT A TASTY BUG!!!” Anyways thanks for all you do, I love logging on and seeing cool critters with fun commentary every day

(Location: northeast US)

Hello yes, this hungry friend is a robberfly in the genus Neomochtherus, family Asilidae.

Thank you for sharing them!

[coffeenuts]

fence reflected in the bubble blown by a robber fly on a peony bud by marianna armata https://flic.kr/p/2oHyE8X

[platycryptus]

It’s a fly-eat-fly world out there… in the sandy scrubland of central Florida, a hanging thief robberfly (Diogmites esuriens) devours a beefly (Exoprosopa fascipennis).

Interestingly enough, the beefly is a parasitoid that lays eggs in the nests of sand wasps (Bembix), which are themselves specialist hunters of flies including both beeflies and robberflies (though I’m not sure whether this hanging thief is too formidable to be on the wasps’ menu). Insect food webs are amazingly convoluted.

(9/30/23)

[apsciencebydan]

Hello fellow bees