Insect Photography #35 - A Blue-Green Eyes Asilidae Robber Fly
Asilidae Robber Fly
When I saw this insect I thought it's was a Dragonfly because of its appearance similar to Dragonfly but when I searched on the internet it was an Asilidae Robber Fly. The appearance of the Asilidae Robber Fly there are eyes and their legs are similar to Dragonfly and the body is similar to flies but it's long same was to Dragonfly. The color of the eyes of the Asilidae Robber Fly is color blue-green, the color of the legs is color yellow and the body is color light gray.
Those photographs of the Long-Legged Fly I captured them using my phone and my macro lens attached to my camera phone. Honestly, that is the first time I saw an Asilidae Robber Fly that's why I never missed the opportunity to capture some photographs, and hope you like it.
Camera: Taken by Realme 5 Pro with Macro Lens
Lens: Apexel 20mm & 12X
Category: Insect Photography
Location: Antipolo, Philippines
Date Taken: May 29, 2021
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STOPPerhaps @jaki01 can help us identify it. He's the pro here :)
Haha you're right we need a pro to identify what's kind really insect is that.
Well, I guess this fly belongs to the family Asilidae which are hunting other insects.
Does it look similar like this one from the side?
The question remains which exact species it is. Your pictures neither show the mouth parts nor the abdomen. If you say the fly looks similar to a dragonfly it could be a member of the subfmily Leptogastrinae.
In general if you want to determine an insect species it always helps to see the full body of the insect and also to know where exactly it has been found (and in which part of the year).
That's insightful and something for authors in the community to learn from. Thanks for the clarification.
I knew it when I searched the different types of flies I saw it looks like a Robber fly too and I think you're right it's belongs to the family of Asilidae. Thanks for the clarification much apperiated.
I was rather busy yesterday but saw now I got tagged ... It's not easy to determine this fly without seeing mouthparts and abdomen, but I made a guess.