#asilidae — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #asilidae, aggregated by home.social.
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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
#iNaturalist #Diptera #Asilidae #RobberFlies #entomology -
Prop del cap del camí, però, una mosca d'aquelles que ni en diries mosca, certament no una mosqueta morta sinó tot el contrari: un depredador ferotge, i gros: una mosca lladre, o assassina: un asílid, Machimus rusticus.
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Friday Flyday! Here's an absolutely charming robber fly, Taracticus octopunctatus, from Texas.
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Happy #FlydayFriday! This beautiful robber fly was a great photo subject. They're not very afraid of humans. They remind me of helicopters.
#iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/225381582 :inaturalist:
#flyday #FlyFriday #bugstodon #insects #flies #Diptera #Asilidae
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A robber fly (#Dioctria hyalipennis) with prey #bug (#Stenotus binotatus)
#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #insects #asilidae #DioctriaHyalipennis #RobberFlies #bugs #StenotusBinotatus #miridae #raubfliegen #wanzen #habichtsfliege #ZweifleckWeichwanze
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Apologies for the poor pictures, but here's a little bee-mimicking robber fly, after and before catching a tiny bee for dinner. I followed this wily hunter around for quite a while, and he wasn't pleased with my interference so he didn't let me get very close.
#fly #flies #FlyFriday #asilidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #photography
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And I'm intrigued to know whether these #RobberFlies (#Asilidae) have ribbed wings for the same reason.
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CW: CW: creepy bug, also dead bug
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.
#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #yardbugs #weirdbugs #robberflies #asilidae
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Robber fly in the Laphria canis complex, so probably not identifiable to species from just a photograph. I just love its eyes. The red object is a mite (likely Trombidiformes). Crum Woods, Swarthmore College. #RobberFly #fly #diptera #entomology #nature #mite #acari #asilidae
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Portrait of a robber fly, identity unknown. #Entomology #Photography #InsectPhotography #Fly #Diptera #Asilidae
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First time seeing a robber fly inside the city. It was quite chill, I could take some close up pictures!
I also saw a Ammophila digger wasp that wasn't as chill, I could only look at it from a distance :blobcat:
#nature #insects #fly #asilidae #MiniatureHelicopter -
Why work up elaborate stories about aliens when Holcocephala robber flies are right here on earth?
(From the Ecuadorian cloud forests near Mindo).
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A tiny robber fly enjoying a snack.
#fly #flies #asilidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #nature #photography
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Friday Flyday! Here’s a portrait of a hanging-thief fly, Diogmites sp., photographed in Saint Louis.
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Is it a wasp?! No, it's a robber fly pretending to be a wasp.
This is the NZ endemic species, Saropogon antipodus (it has no common name). This is the first one I've seen.
A student on our recent ecology field trip found it on the floor of the Boyle Outdoor Education Centre, and thought it was a wasp (mimicry successful!).
There are 52 observations so far on #iNaturalist and this is the first from the Southern Alps.
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A large, bristly robber fly, no doubt up to no good.
#fly #flies #asilidae #diptera #insects #arthropods #nature #photography
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A tiny "gnat ogre" (a kind of robber fly) perches on the tip of a twig while waiting for dinner (a gnat, or similar-sized insect) to fly by. While he waits, an even tinier red mite snacks on HIM.
#fly #flies #diptera #asilidae #insects #arthropods #nature #photography
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Another robber fly (unidentified). #Insect #Entomology #Fly #Diptera #Asilidae #Photography
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Robber fly (Mallophora fautrix). #Insect #Entomology #Fly #Diptera #Asilidae #Photography
