# worldrobberflyday flyfriday colchester collections worldwildlifeday endangeredhabitat flies

Here we have a bumblebee robberfly, also known as an assassin fly. It hunts beetles, grasshoppers and spiders, as well as any other invertebrate it can get its claws on!

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2020-04-03

It’s & this is Laphria flava (bumblebee robberfly) larvae that is found up in Scotland whose larvae need dead wood - a rare habitat It’s also venomous and a top predator with amazing vision 👊( & rather attractive)

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2020-03-03

Robberflies are some of the best mimics Hyperechia hirtipes & Xylocopa olivaea

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2017-04-30