Machimus atricapillus aka Kite Tailed Robberfly

Like its name says This Fly is a robber! It is very dangerous (but not for Humans) .
It kills flies, hoverflies, dragonflies, damselflies,wasps, bees, grasshoppers, spiders and even Butterflies! Everything he sees tasty he attacks and kill with his toxic sting.
If this wasn’t enough, these insects do prefer places particularly abundant in aridity and sun where they can camouflage and watch with attention their preys to plan to kill them!
Be careful insects, he has not mercy!
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Neat set ;-) I'm not sure that I like this creature. Jarvo · 2009-07-21: 05:31

Balance in nature... ????? · 2009-07-21: 05:36

"Be careful insects, he has not mercy!" haha xD So let's be careful :) great eyes kwiatusek · 2009-07-21: 05:51

He's a scary looking fellow thats for sure!! ;) ????? · 2009-07-21: 07:22

Yes, such an evil look... :-) wfrnk · 2009-07-21: 09:04

Very interesting. Looks nasty. dontblink · 2009-07-21: 10:46

Fantastica:) JaCkYe · 2009-07-21: 10:59

A nasty one! There was a huge spider on my porch last night when I let Gus out. If I see it again I'll try to photograph it. ????? · 2009-07-21: 11:12

AAAAWWWW!! Very informative and terrifying post!! I hate this bug! :( ????? · 2009-07-21: 12:31

Never seen this killer insect before. It looks frightening!!!!!! Happily I'm not an insect :-)) noptek · 2009-07-21: 13:39

Yikes! He sounds like the neighborhood bad guy...and he looks bad, too! lookagain · 2009-07-21: 13:40

This is a very interesting insect ????? · 2009-07-21: 13:49

very cool susjustjake · 2009-07-21: 13:56

I agree...I wouldn't want to meet up with this guy!!! I must say though #1 is an amazing shot love all the sparkles :)) lynnsgallery2 · 2009-07-21: 17:55

amazing shots Ricky !! finbarr · 2009-07-21: 18:00

Well; I like him if he kills spiders!!! jennye · 2009-07-21: 20:00

really gr8 peace4kidss · 2009-07-21: 22:49

really terryfying, brrr pandka · 2009-07-22: 02:22

Fascinating! jet28 · 2009-07-22: 03:28

i hope he kills a lot of mosquitoes :-)) eternity65 · 2009-07-22: 04:12

hehe, for the first time i read robert instead of robber and was really dissapointed openbelarus · 2009-07-22: 05:48

this one looks kinda scary! hehe ironswallow · 2009-07-22: 09:00

what a big eyes! linky · 2009-09-05: 14:20

robber 246, reader for take off :D onlymehdi · 2009-09-07: 11:51

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