For #WorldRobberFlyDay watch this incredible beast breathing. 😳 (Many large insects use abdominal pumping to aid in circulation and gas exchange.) Promachus rufipes, red-footed cannibal fly, Georgia, USA #InverteFest

For #worldrobberflyday I give you Hornet Robberfly, Asilus crabroniformis, what a beast!

1/ Apparently today is #WorldRobberFlyDay! I have seen two different genera of robber flies in my back yard. Here’s one. Cool story of these pics cake to be. Actually was able to focus stack by hand bc of the bench my camera was sitting on.

2/ And here’s the other species of robber fly from my back yard. So cute and smol. 😍 Happy #WorldRobberFlyDay to all who celebrate! x.com/urbanastronyc/…

#worldrobberflyday Cannibal common awl robber flies

Nogmaals de Gewone roofvlieg voor #worldrobberflyday 🪰

#worldrobberflyday

#WorldRobberFlyDay!

I hear that it was the #worldrobberflyday yesterday. So guess it's a good time to share some cool #robberflies from #SriLanka here. 1. Philodicus sp. 2. Lepdogaster sp. 3. Clephydroneura sp. 4. Damalis fulvipes #biodiversity #insects #wildlife #nature #Fly NHM Diptera

Small-headed fly and big-headed fly Yes they’re real, and yes those are their common names Flies are ridiculous

Being ghosted in academia is never hearing from a collaborator for three months. Why don’t academics answer emails?! There’s no other profession I can think of where this is acceptable. We all have too many emails and enough time so that’s not an excuse #AcademicChatter

To bee, or not to bee, that is the question.

I was going to make a compilation of 100 insects in flight, but I had too many COOL FLY SEQUENCES! So, I decided to make this flies-only video instead. youtu.be/vEgJW02R7uc

Our #FlyFriday Observation of the Day is the first Lobogaster paradoxus wood gnat posted to iNaturalist! Seen in #Chile by idealpado. More details (and a long ID discussion) at: inaturalist.org/observations/1… #diptera #entomology #nature #insects #biodiversity

Asilidae fly, Choerades fimbriata. Look at these eyes😳 #diptera #insects #fly

They do an excellent bumblebee impression until they start rubbing their hands together. Such a stereotypical fly! Southern bee killer, Mallophora orcina (Asilidae)

“This is the single most amazing thing I’ve seen in recent history” -Erin Kelleher Erin Kelleher 2023 One of my undergrad students painted this in lab meeting today *chefs kiss* we’re trying to give him a fancy name. Any suggestions? 👀

🪰an enormous robber fly (Laphria lata) feeds on a scarab beetle (Euphoria sepulcralis?)🪲

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New Ant Lab video for you to find on YT. 🚨🚨BAT FLIES🚨🚨