#assassin fly

[nsheios1021]

Bug I took a pic of.

Pretty sure that it is a assassin fly.

[logolazer]

bug of the day #2 !1!!! :3

todays bug is the robber fly/asilidae !!

these little guys r adorable!!1

they can be anywhere from 3mm-50mm, but are usually 9mm-15mm. so they're usually pretty small.

they kill other bugs like wasps, other flies, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, some spiders, damselflies, beetles, and even grasshoppers !!

they also have massive eyes (look at that cutie it probably doesnt think)

robber flies are adorable change my mind

[spadefish]

A large and swagful beast whom I believe is a robber fly landed on me today >:) I tried to get a better pic, but he flew away before I could. Love this guy

[ayanos-pl]

シオヤアブってサングラスかけたヒゲおやじに似てるな……いや、擬人化はやめよう……（7月17日）

[thesingingbullfrog]

A robber fly reflecting.

[currentsinbiology]

Assassin fly babies have ‘Swiss army knife’ mouths 

Australia’s splendid assassin fly (Blepharotes splendidissimus) earns its fearsome moniker. About the size of a bottle cap and sporting a similar metallic luster, they ambush butterflies and dragonflies in midair, killing them with a venomous bite. Now, scientists have discovered that even the larvae of these flies are vicious.

The mouths of these maggots are “the insect equivalent of a Swiss army knife,” researchers report in Austral Entomology. Using scanning electron microscopy to produce photos like the one above, the team discovered blade-shaped mandible hooks with backward-pointing teeth—all the better to pierce into soft-bodied bugs in the soil where these larvae live. These hooks also have grooves that, when pushed together, form a tube the maggots use to inject venomous saliva into their prey. The venom injector tool doubles as a straw, allowing the larvae to suck out the body parts of their victims, the authors report.

[toddjdreyer]

Asilidae / Robber Fly enjoying a meal on my clothesline.

[ayanos-pl]

サキグロムシヒキ（6月18日）