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Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) (7/11)
Diptera: Asilidae
Zosteria sp
 06.jpg "Vik Dunis: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 19/01/2014")
An Insect Alphabet - The Robber Fly ate bee. See? (groan).
Being a bee and having a potent sting is not enough protection when a huge Robber Fly is capable of grabbing you in flight from behind, holding you in its spiky legs where you can't do any harm, stabbing you in flight with its sharp proboscis and injecting you with a chemical that will paralyse you and liquify your insides, and carry you to a nearby perch where it can suck your insides out at leisure. Oh, and then you die of course.
Just another of the magic little stories that the Bush is alive with.
 01.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 26/01/2013")
Robber Fly
 02.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 10/02/2013")
Robber Fly
 03.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 10/02/2013")
Robber Fly
 04.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 17/02/2013")
Robber Flies mating
 01.jpg "Geoff: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 21/01/2013")
Robber Fly
 05.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 29/12/2013")
Would-be Fly-away Lover
 06.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 19/01/2014")
An Insect Alphabet
 07.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 19/01/2014")
This Will Bee Lunch
 08.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 19/01/2014")
Robber Fly feeding on Bee
 09.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 25/01/2014")
Beetle Juice
 10.jpg "Vik: Robber Fly (Zosteria sp) - 29/12/2013")
Robber Fly