May 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
#WorldRobberFlyDay Genus Megaphorus once upon a time at the Boulder Public Library. The library has excellent native gardens that attract a lot of insects.
May 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM
#WorldRobberFlyDay Genus Megaphorus once upon a time at the Boulder Public Library. The library has excellent native gardens that attract a lot of insects.
Cannibal Common Awl Robber flies for #worldrobberflyday
April 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cannibal Common Awl Robber flies for #worldrobberflyday
Mallophora bomboides is called the 'bee killer' because, well, you get the idea...
#worldrobberflyday
#worldrobberflyday
November 23, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Mallophora bomboides is called the 'bee killer' because, well, you get the idea...
#worldrobberflyday
#worldrobberflyday
For #WorldRobberFlyDay here's an edit I made showcasing how cool these flies are 😎
April 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For #WorldRobberFlyDay here's an edit I made showcasing how cool these flies are 😎
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Two from Tunbridge Wells Common for #WorldRobberflyDay - Dysmachus trigonus and Neoitamus cyanurus
April 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Two from Tunbridge Wells Common for #WorldRobberflyDay - Dysmachus trigonus and Neoitamus cyanurus
April 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Got a shot yesterday of one of North America’s rarest robber flies, the Texas micropirate fly Townsendia pulcherrima.
Almost forgot it was #WorldRobberFlyDay, running out of time to post this.
Almost forgot it was #WorldRobberFlyDay, running out of time to post this.
May 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Got a shot yesterday of one of North America’s rarest robber flies, the Texas micropirate fly Townsendia pulcherrima.
Almost forgot it was #WorldRobberFlyDay, running out of time to post this.
Almost forgot it was #WorldRobberFlyDay, running out of time to post this.
April 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
April 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Apparently it's #WorldRobberflyDay what i think is a Kite-tailed and Hornet Robber flies
April 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Apparently it's #WorldRobberflyDay what i think is a Kite-tailed and Hornet Robber flies
For #FlyWeek and #WorldRobberFlyDay, here's a male Efferia benedicti in the grasslands of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
April 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For #FlyWeek and #WorldRobberFlyDay, here's a male Efferia benedicti in the grasslands of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
For #WorldRobberFlyDay a fly who lives up to the name on the package: Bee-like Robber Fly
#inverts #becurious
#inverts #becurious
April 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
For #WorldRobberFlyDay a fly who lives up to the name on the package: Bee-like Robber Fly
#inverts #becurious
#inverts #becurious
Unidentified Machimus from Tenerife, Mt Teide. Stunning looking fly even if no-one knows a species as yet. #worldrobberflyday
April 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Unidentified Machimus from Tenerife, Mt Teide. Stunning looking fly even if no-one knows a species as yet. #worldrobberflyday
Remember #FlyWeek April 30th to May 6th starting with #WorldRobberFlyDay
Prelude, female Choerades ignea just before ovipositing....
Prelude, female Choerades ignea just before ovipositing....
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Remember #FlyWeek April 30th to May 6th starting with #WorldRobberFlyDay
Prelude, female Choerades ignea just before ovipositing....
Prelude, female Choerades ignea just before ovipositing....
Dioctria oelandica, from 2006 the first specimen in my Diptera collection for #WorldRobberflyDay
December 3, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Dioctria oelandica, from 2006 the first specimen in my Diptera collection for #WorldRobberflyDay
GO BIG, GO BOLD
Its #WorldRobberflyDay - a celebration of the most attractive predators on this planet (no bias)
Here is the aptly named Heligmonevra forcipata (Meijere, 1916) - an impressive terminalia club with formidable 'pincers'
Mostly an Oriental & afrotropical genus (69 spp)
Its #WorldRobberflyDay - a celebration of the most attractive predators on this planet (no bias)
Here is the aptly named Heligmonevra forcipata (Meijere, 1916) - an impressive terminalia club with formidable 'pincers'
Mostly an Oriental & afrotropical genus (69 spp)
April 30, 2026 at 6:54 AM
GO BIG, GO BOLD
Its #WorldRobberflyDay - a celebration of the most attractive predators on this planet (no bias)
Here is the aptly named Heligmonevra forcipata (Meijere, 1916) - an impressive terminalia club with formidable 'pincers'
Mostly an Oriental & afrotropical genus (69 spp)
Its #WorldRobberflyDay - a celebration of the most attractive predators on this planet (no bias)
Here is the aptly named Heligmonevra forcipata (Meijere, 1916) - an impressive terminalia club with formidable 'pincers'
Mostly an Oriental & afrotropical genus (69 spp)
Efferia, I think, in a field in central Texas. A badass dipteran -
#Worldrobberflyday #insect #macrophotography #robberfly
#Worldrobberflyday #insect #macrophotography #robberfly
April 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Efferia, I think, in a field in central Texas. A badass dipteran -
#Worldrobberflyday #insect #macrophotography #robberfly
#Worldrobberflyday #insect #macrophotography #robberfly
Reposting another image for #WorldRobberFlyDay, because who doesn’t love a nice Gnat Ogre?!
(Holcocephala sp., and yes, that is their common name)
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#FocusStacking
#AsiloidFlies
(Holcocephala sp., and yes, that is their common name)
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#FocusStacking
#AsiloidFlies
May 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Reposting another image for #WorldRobberFlyDay, because who doesn’t love a nice Gnat Ogre?!
(Holcocephala sp., and yes, that is their common name)
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#FocusStacking
#AsiloidFlies
(Holcocephala sp., and yes, that is their common name)
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#FocusStacking
#AsiloidFlies
English in alt
Blijkbaar is het #worldrobberflyday dus mijn #ElkeDagEenInsect is de gele hommelroofvlieg met zijn prooi, een lieveheersbeestje 🐞
Blijkbaar is het #worldrobberflyday dus mijn #ElkeDagEenInsect is de gele hommelroofvlieg met zijn prooi, een lieveheersbeestje 🐞
April 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
English in alt
Blijkbaar is het #worldrobberflyday dus mijn #ElkeDagEenInsect is de gele hommelroofvlieg met zijn prooi, een lieveheersbeestje 🐞
Blijkbaar is het #worldrobberflyday dus mijn #ElkeDagEenInsect is de gele hommelroofvlieg met zijn prooi, een lieveheersbeestje 🐞
The @nhm-london.bsky.social recently hosted Greg Daniels - a superb Australian Asilidae expert
He moans that he is physically aging but the boy is bright as a button when it comes to going through the collection to figure out what’s what
#worldrobberflyday
He moans that he is physically aging but the boy is bright as a button when it comes to going through the collection to figure out what’s what
#worldrobberflyday
April 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The @nhm-london.bsky.social recently hosted Greg Daniels - a superb Australian Asilidae expert
He moans that he is physically aging but the boy is bright as a button when it comes to going through the collection to figure out what’s what
#worldrobberflyday
He moans that he is physically aging but the boy is bright as a button when it comes to going through the collection to figure out what’s what
#worldrobberflyday
#WorldRobberFlyDay
On this special day, I will be posting assassin / robber fly species from every continent/zoogeographical region in #USNMDiptera collection at Smithsonian NMNH (with a few exceptions) for Asilidae + Leptogastrinae
Gonioscelis sp from Namibia
On this special day, I will be posting assassin / robber fly species from every continent/zoogeographical region in #USNMDiptera collection at Smithsonian NMNH (with a few exceptions) for Asilidae + Leptogastrinae
Gonioscelis sp from Namibia
April 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
#WorldRobberFlyDay
On this special day, I will be posting assassin / robber fly species from every continent/zoogeographical region in #USNMDiptera collection at Smithsonian NMNH (with a few exceptions) for Asilidae + Leptogastrinae
Gonioscelis sp from Namibia
On this special day, I will be posting assassin / robber fly species from every continent/zoogeographical region in #USNMDiptera collection at Smithsonian NMNH (with a few exceptions) for Asilidae + Leptogastrinae
Gonioscelis sp from Namibia
This year, for #WorldRobberFlyDay, I wish to pay tribute to Jason Londt - an extraordinary man whose contribution to Asilidae research was amazing but sadly passed away earlier this year.
Here is Rhabdogaster poa PT NHMUK014034977 described by Londt & named after it's habitat preference
Here is Rhabdogaster poa PT NHMUK014034977 described by Londt & named after it's habitat preference
April 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This year, for #WorldRobberFlyDay, I wish to pay tribute to Jason Londt - an extraordinary man whose contribution to Asilidae research was amazing but sadly passed away earlier this year.
Here is Rhabdogaster poa PT NHMUK014034977 described by Londt & named after it's habitat preference
Here is Rhabdogaster poa PT NHMUK014034977 described by Londt & named after it's habitat preference
Almost didn't realise it was #WorldRobberflyDay, but luckily @ashwhiffin.bsky.social reminded me. Here's one of Britain's coolest insects to celebrate, the magnificent Laphria flava
April 30, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Almost didn't realise it was #WorldRobberflyDay, but luckily @ashwhiffin.bsky.social reminded me. Here's one of Britain's coolest insects to celebrate, the magnificent Laphria flava