Muscular Fly - _TNY_0838
Robber flies, member of the fgamily Asilidae, are muscular flies which are excellent fliers and feed on other flying insects which they intercept in mid-air using impressive spatial awareness to fly towards where the prey will be instead of where it is at the moment.
Once they catch their prey, they punch a hole in it using the stout rostrum and then inject a combined venom and digestive juice which both kill it and dissolve the innards into a
This particular specimen was parked on the patio, looking towards the sky for potential prey.
Muscular Fly - _TNY_0838
Robber flies, member of the fgamily Asilidae, are muscular flies which are excellent fliers and feed on other flying insects which they intercept in mid-air using impressive spatial awareness to fly towards where the prey will be instead of where it is at the moment.
Once they catch their prey, they punch a hole in it using the stout rostrum and then inject a combined venom and digestive juice which both kill it and dissolve the innards into a
This particular specimen was parked on the patio, looking towards the sky for potential prey.