My robber flies collection

Some of my favorites robber fly shots. It's always a plus when they have a prey with them.

All shot with a Canon 40D, Canon MPE65 1X-5X macro lens, Canon MT24EX Macro Twin Flash and DIY Concave Diffuser. Full flash, 1/200, F11, ISO100, Handheld.

First time finding one with silver and blue color scheme! Orthogonis sp. - ID credit: Eric Fisher.


Giant robber fly with blue wings, newly molted female Microstylum sp., about 1.5 inch long. Biggest I have ever seen.


Love the blue wings on this 1.5 inch long robber fly! Newly molted female Microstylum sp.,



Robber fly with winged ant prey


A golden robber fly with winged ant prey


Orange robber fly with long legged fly prey


Face to face with a robber fly


Robber fly with fly prey


robber fly with blue beetle prey


a more common robber fly with leafhopper prey


A robber fly with robber fly prey.


A robber fly with Aedes (Asian Tiger Mosquito) prey. Manually stacked from two images. You can find the manual stacking (in CS3) tutorial here.


Ommatius sp. with beetle prey


Robber fly with wasp prey


Robber fly with winged termite prey


Robber fly with tiny beetle prey, natural light.


Promachus sp. with winged termite prey




Robber fly with mite on it. Dope Award winner.


The same golden robber fly with mite, side view.


Big orange robber fly with moth prey


Golden robber fly with beetle prey




Robber fly with cordyceps fungus




Robber fly with Cordyceps fungus


A robber fly with froghopper prey. You can see bubbles in the thorax of the prey. From Wikipedia: The short, strong proboscis is used to stab and inject victims with saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes which paralyze and digest the insides; the fly then sucks the liquefied meal through the proboscis


Robber fly with crane fly prey


Robber fly with crane fly prey


Robber fly with wasp prey