The different varieties of flies in the world are overwhelming, numbering in the thousands, and each one is unique. Generally, we humans are most familiar with flies with synanthropic behaviors, in short, those that have adapted to coexist with our species, being transmitters of diseases or parasites. Other flies are predators of other insects, others feed only on fruit or nectar. There are other species such as those of the Syrphidae family that have the particularity of imitating bees or wasps at the morphological level, which allows them to deceive predators. It is simply a fantastic world, thank you very much for your visit.
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Insect predatory flies, I didn't know that either. Very interesting. We limit ourselves so much from knowing so many things because we focus on what we know in what is simple to the eye, but see, there is a big field that you have presented here.
thank you.
Yes, there are many types of predatory flies, some of the most fantastic are in the family Asilidae, these are commonly called robber flies because they capture or snatch their prey in flight. Here is an example of these flies:
It belongs to the family Asilidae and the genus Blepharepium. Its colors resemble wasps, this allows them to avoid certain predators, this deception tactic is called batesian mimicry.