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Robber Fly

Fam. Asilidae

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5 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you for the information and verification Joe. I will add Asilidae to the spotting :)

JoeHartman
JoeHartman 10 years ago

Robber fly for sure (Asilidae). Having a meal... Nice shots.
You can find all info about flies on this site with possibility to post your photos on a forum: http://www.diptera.info/news.php

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you Daniele, that looks very right :) I know nothing about robber flies, so it will be very interesting reading for me!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

I agree with Faredin that the fly is breakfast (lunch, dinner...). It looks like a robber fly (family Asilidae).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilidae

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

nice photos, i think that's its meal :)

Tiz
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Tiz

Mozambique

Spotted on Oct 2, 2013
Submitted on Oct 2, 2013

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