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Bug - erm sorry, I mean Insect - Wars!

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Bug - erm sorry, I mean Insect - Wars!

Postby dviv on Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:17 pm

Saw a very strangely shaped insect flying around outside and it turned out to be this:

Any ID's? (not the bee, the other one :mrgreen: )

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Re: Bug wars!

Postby ATJ on Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:20 pm

Great shots, David. It is a robber fly. They catch and eat bees (and other insects plus spiders, too). Note that none of them are bugs (Order Hemiptera). :P
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Re: Bug wars!

Postby dviv on Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:25 pm

ATJ wrote:Great shots, David. It is a robber fly. They catch and eat bees (and other insects plus spiders, too). Note that none of them are bugs (Order Hemiptera). :P


Thanks Andrew, never heard of them! You learn something new every day. :up:

Somehow, "Asilidae Wars" just doesn't have the same impact :mrgreen:
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Re: Bug wars!

Postby ATJ on Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:34 pm

Insect Wars! works for me.

Also note that the robber flies are in family Asilidae, but the prey isn't (at least not in your photos) so it wouldn't really be Asilidae Wars.
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Re: Bug - erm sorry, I mean Insect - Wars!

Postby dviv on Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:37 pm

Post title fixed!!

I stand corrected...... Again :cough:
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Re: Bug - erm sorry, I mean Insect - Wars!

Postby ATJ on Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:42 pm

There you go. ;) Much betterer.
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