#MacroMonday Laphria gilva, the Robber Fly
My phone wanted to change gilva to Giovanni so that is now its name. Giovanni the Robber Fly.

This apex predator of the insect world mimics a bumblebee at first glance. It is a ferocious flyer. if you ever hear one you know they mean business. Very large insects. this one was probably around 2.5” long. They catch other insects mid air with those legs and inject them with paralytic inside-liquifying enzymes because why not? That seems to be the norm around here. This is a super rare sighting for me however as this is the only one I’ve ever seen. The head can move independent of the body and it looked up at me with its Pilot Shade-looking eyes before zooming off again. I swear “Highway to the Danger Zone” from Top Gun started playing.

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