Amo Asilidae
Eles são grandes, peludos, bocudos e fáceis de identificar
Eles são grandes, peludos, bocudos e fáceis de identificar
September 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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one of my favorite assassin flies - Sisyrnodytes subater Oldroyd, 1957 (Asilidae: Willistonininae, USNMENT00870084) - collected in north-western South Africa near Pella - more info here n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...
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one of my favorite assassin flies - Sisyrnodytes subater Oldroyd, 1957 (Asilidae: Willistonininae, USNMENT00870084) - collected in north-western South Africa near Pella - more info here n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...
#asiloidflies
September 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Tired of doom scrolling? Want to help a PhD student out? Check your collection for Promachus (and friends) and I'll be forever indebted! If you need an excuse to get outside and go collecting this weekend, this is it! #Asilidae #Diptera
September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Asilidae friend
September 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, “Afternoon Snack” (2024). A robber fly (Asilidae sp.) feeds on a flesh fly (Sarcophagidae sp.), Brandenburg, Germany.
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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this #BiodiversityDay I am enhancing online key to Afrotropical assassin fly (Asilidae) genera with GBIF taxon records + larger images - version 2 soon to be hosted at www.lucidcentral.org/key-search/ - making identifying 148 genera easier + more accessible #asiloidflies
May 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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A Pleistocene Lasiopogon robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) subfossil from the Yukon Territory, Canada
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A Pleistocene Lasiopogon robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) subfossil from the Yukon Territory, Canada | The Canadian Entomologist | Cambridge Core
A Pleistocene Lasiopogon robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) subfossil from the Yukon Territory, Canada - Volume 157
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April 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Here's a robber fly (aka assassin fly) of family Asilidae. You'll often see them sitting absolutely still, waiting for prey to pass nearby. They eat insects of all sorts, and they can deliver a painful bite if you mishandle them. #backyardwildlife #entomology
August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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16,500-year-old robber fly from permafrost-frozen ground squirrel burrow in the Klondike Goldfields! Cool new paper just out in the #CanadianEntomologist by Scott Cocker, Rob Cannings, and Tristan McKnight. Photo by Hugh McIntosh, Royal BC Museum. #Beringia #Asilidae
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April 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Do NOT let them in 😅 (Asilidae, eyeing my family hungrily)
August 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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I believe this to be the Robberfly Machimus cingulatus, seen on the Gentleshaw Common Bioblitz, 16/08/25 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @c-forrest-king.bsky.social #Asilidae
August 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Looks like a Robber Fly (Asilidae) with its prey.
August 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Talk about super fuzzy wuzzy! I have a new favorite Robber Fly!
(Mallophora bomboides)
Asilidae
#UFBugs http://t.co/5OXv0ohUhd
(Mallophora bomboides)
Asilidae
#UFBugs http://t.co/5OXv0ohUhd
November 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Eye of a robber fly, Choerades fimbriata
#choeradesfimbriata #robberfly #fransenmordfliege #mordfliege #asilidae #entomology #diptera
#choeradesfimbriata #robberfly #fransenmordfliege #mordfliege #asilidae #entomology #diptera
March 31, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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skimming a paper about beetle prey of robber flies (they're often pinned together in collections) and let's all take a moment to imagine the SIZE of the asilid that took down a whole ass Prionus
January 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Today I’m imaging specimens of flies for external requests
And they are rather different in scale..
The genitalia of a fungus gnat that is 0.2mm in length and an Asilidae that is 30mm in length
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And they are rather different in scale..
The genitalia of a fungus gnat that is 0.2mm in length and an Asilidae that is 30mm in length
🪰🤓
March 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Joguei no buscador e tudo indica que é isso mesmo, uma Asilidae. Vi aqui que elas comem outros insetos!
May 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Robber Flies (family Asilidae) are fierce predators. They snatch other insects out of the air mid-flight, then use their sharp mouthparts to inject enzymes that paralyze and liquefy their prey—making it easier to slurp up.
#flies #wildlife #nature #california
#flies #wildlife #nature #california
June 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are voracious predators of other insects. They patiently wait for prey to pass by and then grab them. They use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to inject digestive enzymes and then suck out the insides. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 17 Jun 2017.
February 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I thought so! I remember seeing an academic poster there authored by you about Asilidae?
May 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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June 14, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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¿Habíais visto alguna vez una «mosca» como esta? ¿Qué diríais que es? Estoy seguro de que yo mismo, en algún momento de mi vida, la habría tomado por un tábano. Y aunque ambos son dípteros braquíceros, pertenecen a familias diferentes: esta es una mosca de la familia /Asilidae/. ¡Dentro #etimohilo!
August 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The national recording scheme for Soldierflies, Horseflies, Robberflies, Bee-flies, Snipeflies, Stiletto-flies, Hunchback-flies, Water-snipeflies, Awl-flies, Windowflies and Wood-soldierflies. Info and ID guides at dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies... - please add your records to iRecord!
November 17, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Part of a small display showing some uncommon flies recorded in 2024, prepared for the BENHS and @dipteristsforum.bsky.social annual meetings #ento
November 17, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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The 1st Dioctria baumhaueri robberfly of the year seen in my #Staffs garden 31/05/25 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Asilidae
June 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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