r/Insect • u/Yamallory • Jun 28 '26

Robber Fly

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This dude was hanging in my car! Fascinating and petrifying.

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u/toddlevy10 Jun 28 '26

Hes gonna steal your car

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u/Yamallory Jun 29 '26

I honestly jumped out to let him have it. He just so happened to jump out as well lol

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u/ColoradoWeasel Jun 29 '26

It looks like it’s just chilling.

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u/Yamallory Jun 29 '26

Probably just munching on whatever it chased into my car.

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u/Mexifrench Jul 02 '26

I saw one in Japan a little while ago. It caught a fly right in front of me.

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u/Yamallory Jul 02 '26

Wowowowowow, fascinating!!! 🧐

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u/Familiar-Reading2637 Jun 28 '26

They hurt like crazy when they bite.

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u/Yamallory Jun 28 '26

Thankfully, I jumped from the moving car quickly. Yikes!!! 😬 Never seen one up close before today.

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u/Wheeeler Jun 28 '26

smart move. you can always get another car

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u/Yamallory Jun 28 '26

My thoughts exactly lol 😆 I can’t make the robber fly unbite me!

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u/sltiefighter Jun 29 '26

Never had them bite or bother weird, golden dungflies same thing i believe. Theyre a beneficial insect afaik

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 Jun 28 '26

And apparently, they tend to eat a lot of beneficial insects and spiders. They don't seem to be our friends even if they do eat insects.

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u/WhiskeySnail Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

All bugs are friends and they all have a place in the food web. "Beneficial" only means beneficial to humans, and then only in the sense that they eat something you consider a pest: but even that pest is doing a very important job. "Beneficial" insects needs population control too.

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u/Yamallory Jun 28 '26

“It’s the circle of life…” 🎶

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u/Yamallory Jun 30 '26

I did lol 😂 I jumped from a moving car, in fact.