A fluffy little one, Mallophora orcina (Diptera: Asilidae) is a species of robber fly that predates bees and also mimics bumblebees and carpenter bees. 馃悵馃
Hanging-thief giving herself a wash on my hand, these guys are the coolest and I say that about all critters but cmon. They get their name from the way they hang off objects and hold their prey, that鈥檚 rad as hell.
here鈥檚 a gnat ogre (Holocephala), a small robber fly that is indeed the bane of smaller flies like gnats and midges. not much escapes the detection of those big round eyes
[PHOTOS TAKEN: JULY 11TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a large brown, grey, and black robber fly on a dirty, slightly green, white metal surface /End IDs.]