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Looking At Insects. #8 Robber Fly 3
Hi everyone! Yep, I am here today but I was out this morning getting more pics around the area of flowers and different pics of our lake. I even tried for some insects, but that did not work out so good. For some reason they did not want to cooperate. Anyway, we have another robber fly to enjoy today. It is called “Milbert’s Robber Fly”, and this critter is huge and mean looking. I was not sure what it was when I first saw it, it just seemed too big for a fly, but it is.
If you have seen an adult grasshopper, well, this robber fly is much bigger and actually feeds on grasshoppers. Oddly enough it is the most common large robber fly in our area, yet this is the first year I have seen one, or maybe I should say, the first year I recognized it. I probably saw it other years but the size would likely have made me turn and run!
Though people are not its target, I do not think I would want to let one sit on my bare arm, it just looks like it might bite. They generally prefer a more open, grassy area to live and hunt. These robber flies are quite interesting, I must look for more of them. Well, have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Wow! That’s a big fly!! 🪰 😲😳
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Yes, biggest one I have ever seen!😬🪰📷
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They look similar to a May fly I think 🤔
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Oh my no, not even close. Mayflies hold their wings straight up over their back, like a sail, their bodies are curved and thin. This guy is solid, holds wings flat over its back, strong jagged legs, thick body.😬
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Hmmm I’ll need to look up the Mayfly. Maybe what I was calling a Mayfly is one of these?🤔
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Mayflies usually show up in July in fairly large numbers around lakes, then die quickly.
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Yep that’s true. 😁
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I had two different species land on me today while I was out taking pics down by the lake. But both landed on my right side so I couldn’t take pics of them. Then a third one landed on my hat, got a pic of that one. Well, I hope it turned out anyway, haven’t checked yet.🤔🙄📷
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When will we see it in a post?🙄
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Um, well, yeah, I was thinking the same thing…🤔
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Soon I’m sure!😉😁😂😂
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Oh yes, me too, I’m sure too, soon, no later than fall I think.🤔🙄
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I hope so!!😳
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I knew you would be excited about that!😁
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The snow fleas will be out by then!!😳😳😳😲😲
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Very funny, ha and ha!🙄
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Oooooo…. those snow fleas can be tough to get rid of!!😬😬🤭
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Only for snowmen!😂😂😹😹
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That’s for sure!!😂😂😂
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Now, as we return back to summer and fireflies. There were a lot of dragonflies out today, everywhere I went, but would they sit down so I could get a picture? One sat just long enough to make me think I would get his pic and then at the last minute, off he went! It wasn’t nice at all.😬🤨
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They’ve been watching and timing how long you take to snap a pic!!🤭🤭
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Sometimes I think so too. And they share the info with coded wing flaps.
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LOL 🤭 😆 🤣 😂 😹
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Liked that one did you?😂😹
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I diddled!🤣🤣🤣
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Thank you!
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My Pleasure!😁😊🤭🤭
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And here I thought it was mine, how silly of me!😁
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I can see it all in my minds eye!😉😊😁😉😉😉
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I usually use my camera, it can see better than I can.🙄😂
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I have a hard time focusing using a camera!!😂😂
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You just need to concentrate more.😁📷
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Perhaps? Maybe I just need more practice??😂😂😉
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I broke some ice today, ice cubes!😂😹
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That’s a good start!!😂😂
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So are you going to start naming your robber flies like you do the other critters that abound in your neck of the woods!? 😂
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Hmm, never thought about that, might be a good idea! Except these critters don’t come around the house, so that would make it hard.😂😹
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Wow! It’s a Big fly 😊 look at its tail. Not friendly, not friendly at all😵😵. Nice photography though 👽☕ cheers to uncle Steve. I’m having a hot cup of coffee.
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Good for you Simon! Hot coffee is just the thing when you are tired!🥱☕☕ Thank you so much!😊📷🪰
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Ever seen the documentary showing a lake in Africa where millions (or billions, or trillions) of flies emerge all at once… wow.
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Hi Zaden! Have never seen that one before, glad that doesn’t happen here though!
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Amazing! A fly bigger than a grasshopper.
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Yes, they are scary looking critters, but apparently harmless to people.
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