Die Gelbe Mord- oder Raubfliege (Laphria flava) ist schon ein ganz schöner Klopper, wenn sie da brummend vor einem landet. Sie jagt Insekten und durchbohrt sie mit ihrem kräftigen Rüssel und saugt sie aus.

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For #insectSaturday / #insektenSamstag - have some miscellaneous #robberflies, with prey, from earlier this year.

Edit: *not* robber flies, but dagger flies instead? Possibly Empis livida:

https://www.naturespot.org/species/empis-livida

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@markmccaughrean

Quite a good photo given the circumstances – and a steady pulse!

Just yesterday I stumbled upon a Machimus robber fly, but it's unclear which species it is exactly. Caught it in the act of consuming a small solitary bee:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302855019
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Machimus rusticus

Machimus rusticus from Carrer de Arrabassada, Montblanc, Tarragona, ES on August 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM by Albert Cardona. Predating upon what looks like a small solitary bee.

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Bugs? Yes. From the last day or two!

Absurdly fluffy bumblebee on a crocosmia; robber fly with its hoverfly (?) prey; Red Admiral butterfly; metallic fly not actively waggling its white-tipped wings at another fly.

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ID'd my first ever robber fly - Stenopogon inquinatus. I might have seen them before, but learning to observe is a different matter altogether.

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Some sort of robber fly -- perhaps Laphria flava?

Spotted in #Goettingen, Germany. Phone photos only, unfortunately.

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@mothboy

And I'm intrigued to know whether these #RobberFlies (#Asilidae) have ribbed wings for the same reason.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/20323379

Neoaratus hercules

Neoaratus hercules from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia on February 7, 2011 at 07:24 AM by Donald Hobern. <i>Neoaratus hercules</i> Wiedemann, 1828, male, Aranda, ACT, 6 February 2011 The strongly arc...

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Diogmites basalis

Diogmites basalis from Chestertown, NY 12817, USA on August 26, 2023 at 12:53 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). Hanging Thief (Diogmites basalis), Riverside, Riparius, Warren County, NY, August 2023

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I found a dead Beelzebub Bee-Eater (Mallophora leschenaulti) on the ground today! Poor bug has seen better days, but there's a remarkable new species for the life list.

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