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Saw a very strangely shaped insect flying around outside and it turned out to be this:

Any ID's? (not the bee, the other one )

Great shots, David. It is a robber fly. They catch and eat bees (and other insects plus spiders, too). Note that none of them are bugs (Order Hemiptera).

ATJ wrote:Great shots, David. It is a robber fly. They catch and eat bees (and other insects plus spiders, too). Note that none of them are bugs (Order Hemiptera).

Thanks Andrew, never heard of them! You learn something new every day.

Somehow, "Asilidae Wars" just doesn't have the same impact

Insect Wars! works for me.

Also note that the robber flies are in family Asilidae, but the prey isn't (at least not in your photos) so it wouldn't really be Asilidae Wars.

Post title fixed!!

I stand corrected...... Again

There you go. Much betterer.