Robber flies will eat almost any flying creatures they can catch. Some of their prey can be considerably larger than they are, and one's daily diet may include everything from bees and wasps to ...

I have no issues with the robber fly catching and feeding on butterflies. After all, it’s part of the predatory fly’s diet, but over the past few months, this is the fourth occasion that a ...

The mid-air hunting strategy of a tiny fly the size of a grain of rice has been revealed by an international team of scientists. Holcocephala, a species of robber fly, is able to intercept and ...

Description: Robber flies are robust insects with powerful legs. The face of the fly is covered in a dense "beard" of bristles, and there is a deep groove between the eyes. There are many species ...