To celebrate
@robcrank68.bsky.social and anyone else's attachment to #insects and macro I give you 2 #RobberFlies , one with a meal tucked beneath it
Also #Flyday
#Flies #nature #insect #wildlife #naturephotography #Robberfly
@robcrank68.bsky.social and anyone else's attachment to #insects and macro I give you 2 #RobberFlies , one with a meal tucked beneath it
Also #Flyday
#Flies #nature #insect #wildlife #naturephotography #Robberfly
October 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
To celebrate
@robcrank68.bsky.social and anyone else's attachment to #insects and macro I give you 2 #RobberFlies , one with a meal tucked beneath it
Also #Flyday
#Flies #nature #insect #wildlife #naturephotography #Robberfly
@robcrank68.bsky.social and anyone else's attachment to #insects and macro I give you 2 #RobberFlies , one with a meal tucked beneath it
Also #Flyday
#Flies #nature #insect #wildlife #naturephotography #Robberfly
🪰 Meet Britain’s largest fly! The Hornet Robberfly can reach 2.5cm and mimics a hornet as it hunts flies, wasps, grasshoppers and beetles.
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar!
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@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar!
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@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
🪰 Meet Britain’s largest fly! The Hornet Robberfly can reach 2.5cm and mimics a hornet as it hunts flies, wasps, grasshoppers and beetles.
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar!
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar!
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
🪰 Big fly + moustache = robberfly!
Learn how to spot these fascinating predators and tell them apart from similar flies in our online Robberflies webinar with @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct 🌎 🧪
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@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
Learn how to spot these fascinating predators and tell them apart from similar flies in our online Robberflies webinar with @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct 🌎 🧪
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October 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
🪰 Big fly + moustache = robberfly!
Learn how to spot these fascinating predators and tell them apart from similar flies in our online Robberflies webinar with @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct 🌎 🧪
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
Learn how to spot these fascinating predators and tell them apart from similar flies in our online Robberflies webinar with @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct 🌎 🧪
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
🪰 Meet the Bee Robberfly (Laphria flava), a spectacular UK bee mimic found in Caledonian pine forests in Scotland. Its survival is tied to this rare habitat.
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar.
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@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar.
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@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
🪰 Meet the Bee Robberfly (Laphria flava), a spectacular UK bee mimic found in Caledonian pine forests in Scotland. Its survival is tied to this rare habitat.
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar.
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar.
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981...
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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Robberflies
Learn about the Robberflies (Asilidae) of the UK with tutor Martin Harvey.
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September 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🪰 8 Oct || Biological Recording Company: Robberflies. >>> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robberflie...
I love robberflies
September 27, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I love robberflies
🪰 A comprehensive new revision of France’s #RobberFlies (#Asilidae), drawing on museum collections, DNA barcoding & type material.
With new species, taxonomic changes & updated distributions.
Text French.
tinyurl.com/asilidae
#Diptera
With new species, taxonomic changes & updated distributions.
Text French.
tinyurl.com/asilidae
#Diptera
September 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
🪰 A comprehensive new revision of France’s #RobberFlies (#Asilidae), drawing on museum collections, DNA barcoding & type material.
With new species, taxonomic changes & updated distributions.
Text French.
tinyurl.com/asilidae
#Diptera
With new species, taxonomic changes & updated distributions.
Text French.
tinyurl.com/asilidae
#Diptera
Highlights #Bockhill today: 6 Cattle Egrets W at dawn, Tree Pipit & 3 Wheatears. Little else of note.
Still Hornet Robberflies & several Clouded Yellows in the area.
Still Hornet Robberflies & several Clouded Yellows in the area.
September 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Highlights #Bockhill today: 6 Cattle Egrets W at dawn, Tree Pipit & 3 Wheatears. Little else of note.
Still Hornet Robberflies & several Clouded Yellows in the area.
Still Hornet Robberflies & several Clouded Yellows in the area.
Birds much the same #Bockhill today: Whinchats, Wheatears, few warblers.
A small group of Sandwich Terns on the beach, Autumn Lady's-tresses and 2 Hornet Robberflies pick of the day.
A small group of Sandwich Terns on the beach, Autumn Lady's-tresses and 2 Hornet Robberflies pick of the day.
August 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Birds much the same #Bockhill today: Whinchats, Wheatears, few warblers.
A small group of Sandwich Terns on the beach, Autumn Lady's-tresses and 2 Hornet Robberflies pick of the day.
A small group of Sandwich Terns on the beach, Autumn Lady's-tresses and 2 Hornet Robberflies pick of the day.
NEW BLOG: Cornwall. Some wildlife highlights from earlier this month in SW England. Birds, moths, dragonflies, butterflies and robberflies, many of them migrants! www.jameslowen.com/blog-25-aug-...
August 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
NEW BLOG: Cornwall. Some wildlife highlights from earlier this month in SW England. Birds, moths, dragonflies, butterflies and robberflies, many of them migrants! www.jameslowen.com/blog-25-aug-...
We saw you from across the pond and really liked your vibe also do you have any gnats 👀
(Small robberflies of some kind)
(Small robberflies of some kind)
August 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM
We saw you from across the pond and really liked your vibe also do you have any gnats 👀
(Small robberflies of some kind)
(Small robberflies of some kind)
Hornet Robberfly Asilus crabroniformis, five seen in Coronation Meadow at Greenway NT this afternoon.
At just over an inch long they are big enough to supplement their diet with of flies with grasshoppers!
The largest of the robberflies and an impressive insect.
At just over an inch long they are big enough to supplement their diet with of flies with grasshoppers!
The largest of the robberflies and an impressive insect.
August 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Hornet Robberfly Asilus crabroniformis, five seen in Coronation Meadow at Greenway NT this afternoon.
At just over an inch long they are big enough to supplement their diet with of flies with grasshoppers!
The largest of the robberflies and an impressive insect.
At just over an inch long they are big enough to supplement their diet with of flies with grasshoppers!
The largest of the robberflies and an impressive insect.
South Downs scenes - Hornet Robberflies mating whilst the female consumes a dung beetle 🪰🪲 Whatever floats your boat!
📷© Richard Allen via our Nature Table Facebook group
📷© Richard Allen via our Nature Table Facebook group
August 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
South Downs scenes - Hornet Robberflies mating whilst the female consumes a dung beetle 🪰🪲 Whatever floats your boat!
📷© Richard Allen via our Nature Table Facebook group
📷© Richard Allen via our Nature Table Facebook group
These awesome robberflies (Nerax sp.) enjoyed fieldwork yesterday even more than I did!
(Levy Co., Florida) http://t.co/EqVuLbuop1
(Levy Co., Florida) http://t.co/EqVuLbuop1
November 24, 2024 at 12:21 AM
These awesome robberflies (Nerax sp.) enjoyed fieldwork yesterday even more than I did!
(Levy Co., Florida) http://t.co/EqVuLbuop1
(Levy Co., Florida) http://t.co/EqVuLbuop1
Yes, Dysmachus trigonus, which has a longer and untidier hair-style compared to most robberflies!
Would this be ok for Dysmachus trigonus? Seen at Houghton Hall, #Norfolk, 25/05/26 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera
June 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yes, Dysmachus trigonus, which has a longer and untidier hair-style compared to most robberflies!
Excellent to have such a thorough regional review available #robberflies #flies #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
🦟Robberflies of the Sefton Coast
New article by Phil Smith & Pete Kinsella showcasing the Asilidae recorded on the Sefton Coast - with photos, species accounts and recent discoveries.
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/robberflies-...
New article by Phil Smith & Pete Kinsella showcasing the Asilidae recorded on the Sefton Coast - with photos, species accounts and recent discoveries.
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/robberflies-...
Robberflies (Diptera, Asilidae) of the Sefton Coast, north Merseyside - North West Invertebrates
Many of the 29 species of robberflies (Asilidae) known to occur in Britain and Ireland show a preference for dry, well-drained soils, coastal dunes being a favoured habitat (Falk et al., 2026). Smith ...
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk
April 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Excellent to have such a thorough regional review available #robberflies #flies #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
An amazing observation and photo by Bryony Chapman of the Hornet Robberfly tucking into a spicy meal of Nicrophorus carrion beetle @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social - these robberflies really are the boss of insect predators 🦁 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
An amazing observation and photo by Bryony Chapman of the Hornet Robberfly tucking into a spicy meal of Nicrophorus carrion beetle @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social - these robberflies really are the boss of insect predators 🦁 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Yes, looks good for cyanurus. See also the ID guide for robberflies at dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...
Identification guides for soldierflies and allies | Dipterists forum
dipterists.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yes, looks good for cyanurus. See also the ID guide for robberflies at dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...
Amazingly detailed and accurate illustrations from over 400 years ago, including horseflies and robberflies #TimeFlies
June 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Amazingly detailed and accurate illustrations from over 400 years ago, including horseflies and robberflies #TimeFlies
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
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!
Honestly guys, get a room. Kite-tailed Robberflies? Park Downs, Surrey.
December 1, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Honestly guys, get a room. Kite-tailed Robberflies? Park Downs, Surrey.
Great photos - for the soldierfly, maybe check dance-flies, Empididae, as it looks rather like Empis tessellata, with a small head compared with its bulk (most robberflies and soldierflies have bulging eyes and broad heads). And that may be its mouthparts tucked down between the front legs,
May 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Great photos - for the soldierfly, maybe check dance-flies, Empididae, as it looks rather like Empis tessellata, with a small head compared with its bulk (most robberflies and soldierflies have bulging eyes and broad heads). And that may be its mouthparts tucked down between the front legs,
Blessedly, Peckhamia is an open-access journal so you can read this whole incredible article for yourself. Other salticid prey items include: robberflies, cicadas, swallowtail butterflies, entire tree frogs peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PE...
peckhamia.com
June 26, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Blessedly, Peckhamia is an open-access journal so you can read this whole incredible article for yourself. Other salticid prey items include: robberflies, cicadas, swallowtail butterflies, entire tree frogs peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PE...
Oh wow - thanks for that. I had no idea that robberflies could look like this! I should have known the eyes/face were all wrong, not to mention the feet. How cool!
June 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oh wow - thanks for that. I had no idea that robberflies could look like this! I should have known the eyes/face were all wrong, not to mention the feet. How cool!