The Robber Fly - Deadly Yet Harmless
A peaceful and gentle killer...
It catches bees in the air and eats them -- yet to humans, the robber fly is as gentle as a puppy dog...
Published by Vincent Summers
My secular expertise includes 23 years of experience at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, with a share in NASA's extended Voyager 2 effort. I formerly wrote for Demand Studios, Bukisa, Suite 101, Exa... View profile
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15 Comments
Post a CommentI enjoy these critters -- which is doubtless the thought I instilled in my daughter. I don't know how she feels about them now. I'll have to ask her.
Sorry to say, but that thing would scare me and I'd either bug spray it or bleach it to death. However, knowing that it kills bees, it may survive my fear.
Oh goodness... I'd be petrified of that thing. I'd be one of those people that you found running around in the front yard, trying to get away from it. lol
I would never be brave enough to let something like that land on my finger!
Excellent photos!
I don't think we have these robber flies this far north. Neat pictures!
Wow.
Hope to never meet one!
My daughter was/is very brave. I used to pay them a penny each to kill black widow spiders on our property. I trained them how to identify their living quarters and webs, and of course, they had no problem squashing the critters.
I'm surprised she let that land on her finger.