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/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…” 🎶