A robber fly is one serious looking insect. In this photo by Tom Houser, the big bearded beast reminds me more of an angry buffalo than a bug. Houser photographed the fly at his home in Kemspville in ...

Robber flies are predatory insects that catch their prey, which are other insects, while flying. Their eyesight is amazing. They have been compared to falcons of the bird world. The one we see in the ...

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 ...

Among insects, robber flies are master predators, unforgettable once you’ve seen one in action. Rather than chase down their prey, robber flies use a “sit-and-wait” tactic, spending most of their time ...

This is the summer of the cannibal flies. For people fascinated by the boundless diversity of insects, that’s a good thing. For subordinate bugs, the cannibal-fly bonanza is very bad. Cannibal fly is ...

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 ...

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 ...

A robber fly perched on a flat piece of sandstone in the red rock country of the Colorado Plateau. The choice of perch was not arbitrary, for here the robber had a view in all directions. It flew off, ...

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 ...