This article was originally featured on The Conversation. April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the ...

Robber flies are aerodynamic acrobats, able to spot their prey, dodge around obstacles, and capture smaller insects at high speeds in midflight. Scientists have taken a closer look at how robber flies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robber flies visually track their prey before spearing it with their proboscis. Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, CC BY-ND April in the ...

A Hidden Camera captures a hairy robber fly holding another insect firmly in its legs during a close predatory encounter. The robber fly’s large compound eyes, dense golden hairs, strong legs, and ...

Robber flies snatch victims from the air using the same interception strategy as guided missiles and falcons, but how do they intercept airborne quarry when their view is obstructed by foliage and ...

(WJW) – There is a fly in Ohio that experts are buzzing about. The large fly that commonly measures over 1 1/4" long is sometimes called a giant robber fly, an assassin, or even a cannibal fly, and ...

Q: I saw this interesting critter sitting on my window screen and it looks like a giant, oddly-shaped bee. Is it good to have around the garden? A: Yes. This is a robber fly, and they come in a range ...

April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the escape from my first brutal Minnesota winter. I was ...

While many flies are content to land on pieces of fruit or carrion, robber flies (Asilidae) engage in mortal combat. Intercepting smaller insects on the wing, robber flies dine on anything they can ...