mmmskulljuice: bogleech: realmonstrosities: The Giant Blue Robber Fly (Blepharotes spendidissimus

mmmskulljuice:

bogleech:

realmonstrosities:

TheGiant Blue Robber Fly(Blepharotes spendidissimus) is aptly named!

She reaches an inch long and roams around in eastern Australia, spotting flying insects with her enormous eyes before snatching them mid-flight.

Powerful legs give her a firm grip while a golden moustache protects her head from even the most aggressive of prey. Then, she pierces their exoskeleton with pointy mouth-parts and sucks out their juices.

I can’t help but think that someone needs to give her a tiny leather jacket and motorbike.

… Video: Naturwunder

people think of flies more as the sad little scavengers that get lost in webs but in many environments these are practically the very top predators among arthropods. These flies will tackle dragonflies and hornets twice their size, directly out of the air and kill them on the wing.

And they’ll swoop in and just pluck a spider out of its web!

that mustache means business