Jan 26, 2025
Absolute unit of a robber fly found by eldoia87 on Reddit (posted with permission)
This beauty is a Beelzebub bee-eater, Mallophora leschenaulti
Found primarily in Texas and Mexico
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Absolute unit of a robber fly found by eldoia87 on Reddit (posted with permission)
This beauty is a Beelzebub bee-eater, Mallophora leschenaulti
Found primarily in Texas and Mexico
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Bee-killer robber fly (Mallophora fautrix) with prey 2. Close up of the billbug weevil (Sphenophorus sp.) biting the fly's tarsus.
Look at this beautiful bee killer! I forget which species, but she was sooooo gorgeous and big!
I LOVE BEE KILLERS!!!
If you are in the Western US or northern Mexico, this is most likely Mallophora fautrix, family Asilidae.
EAT A TASTY BEE!!!
It's gorgeous!
Species Mallophora fautrix - BugGuide.Net
wow. WOW. fluffiest most gentle robber fly i have ever met - a mallophora! i remember seeing one at an entomology contest earlier this year and my entire team couldn’t figure out what the heck it was. but i’d been blessed today with this beautiful fluffy bee-eating monster. 13/10!
Beewolves [genus Philanthus], also known as bee-killers of bee-hunters, are solitary wasps which prey on bees. Adult females dig tunnels into the ground which can be as long as a meter, at the end of which she lays her eggs, complete with a live but paralyzed bee on which her offspring will feed upon hatching. Images by Gary McDonald.
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paper wasp from a garden store and a bee killer from my patio 🌸
And now for a non-caterpillar picture.
Red-footed Cannibalfly (Promachus rufipes) feeding on a Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis). Newark DE. August 2017.
This fly can get to over an inch in size (>30 mm). They survey open fields and meadows for flying insects, returning to their perch after they’ve caught themselves a meal (or perch upside-down like this one).
They can catch and kill prey much larger than themselves, like this dragonfly, and have even been known to take down hummingbirds. Typically, they go after bees and wasps, and are sometimes called ‘bee-killers’ as a result.
Larva tend to live below the soil, feeding on roots and arthropods. One generation a year in the Mid-Atlantic, with adults common by late summer.
Bee-killer robber fly (Mallophora fautrix) with prey