Eyes of the Robber Fly is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on February 24th, 2013.
Eyes of the Robber Fly
**ACHIEVED EQUAL 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - 'The Eyes Have It', April, 2015.... more
by Kaye Menner
Title
Eyes of the Robber Fly
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
**ACHIEVED EQUAL 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - 'The Eyes Have It', April, 2015.
**ACHIEVED EQUAL 3RD PLACE IN FAA 'BUG ROAST' CONTEST - April 2014.
**ACHIEVED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "The Eyes have it" - Nov, 2013.
The Asilidae are the robber fly family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is the Robber Fly. The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species.
They are powerfully built, bristly flies with short, sharp, stout sucking mouthparts. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly on other insects and they largely wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
All robber flies have stout, spiny legs and 3 simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression between their two large compound eyes. They also have a usually dense moustache of stiff bristles on the face; this is called the mystax, a term derived from the Greek mystakos meaning "moustache" or "upper lip". The mystax probably affords some protection for the head and face when the flies deal with struggling prey.
Info from Wikapedia.
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February 24th, 2013
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Comments (47)
Kym Backland
NO WAY! That's incredible! This photo! Cool and Creepy all at the same time! Great MACRO work Kaye! LF
John Wills
This is the last thing you see if you're on the robber fly's menu. Great shot! I'm really starting to appreciate insects and their wide array of intricate designs, nicely done..
Sonja Dover
gross but very cool, i'm bugging out looking at those bug eyes. very trippy. you did great cause it totally caught my attention.
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