The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name “robber flies” reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Read more at Wikipedia

Cyrtopogon banksiCCDB-35814-D02

Cyrtopogon spCCDB-35914-G01

Cyrtopogon sp – FrontCCDB-35914-G01

Cyrtopogon sp – SideCCDB-35914-G01

Cyrtopogon spCCDB-35914-G02

Cyrtopogon spCCDB-35814-D04

Cyrtopogon sp – SideCCDB-35814-D04

Cyrtopogon spCCDB-35914-F09

Efferia stamineaCCDB-35915-H07

Eucyrtopogon diversipilosisCCDB-35814-D05

Laphria insignisCCDB-35915-G09

Laphria janusCCDB-35814-C12

Laphria posticataCCDB-35915-G02

Laphria royalensisCCDB-35915-G01

Laphria spCCDB-35814-D01

Laphria sp – SideCCDB-35814-D01

Laphria spCCDB-35914-G03

Lasiopogon canusCCDB-35914-F10

Machimus callidusCCDB-35814-C10

Machimus vescusCCDB-35915-G12

Machimus vescus – SideCCDB-35915-G12

Promachus bastardiiCCDB-35915-F04

Promachus bastardiiCCDB-35915-F05

Promachus dimidiatusCCDB-35915-F07

Rhadiurgus variabilisCCDB-35814-C11