Robberflies (Asilidae)

Dioctria rufipes

Common Red-legged Robberfly resting on a blade of grass in a small valley near the Baths of Digne-les-Bains.

Dioctria rufipes

Common Red-legged Robberfly resting on a blade of grass in a small valley near the Baths of Digne-les-Bains.

Machimus sp.

A female robberfly resting on a rock at the summit of an residual hill. Limousin, France.

Tolmerus sp.

A Robberfly resting on apple mint in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Stenopogon sabaudus

A Robberfly female resting on a scabious knapweed.

Stenopogon sabaudus

Mating of Robberflies, male left and female right, between two twigs.

Dioctria rufipes

Common Red-legged Robberfly with it's prey, an Ichneumonid wasp on a shrub leaf at the edge of a small path.

Tolmerus sp.

A Robberfly female and it's prey, an unidentified bug on alfalfa flower.