Now *that's* what I call a defensive posture 🙀

Or should that be posterior? 🤪

The spiky arse on this little fly is remarkable – it's a Tachina ferox, also known as Nowickia ferox.

In German, it's a Schwarzfühler Borstenfliege or roughly "black antenna bristle fly".

It was flying around too quickly to get a definitive single shot, but between the four photos, you'll get the idea 🤷‍♂️

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