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| A Robber Fly has a fuzzy mustache (the mystax) designed to protect its face from prey. |
You can totally see that this Robber Fly is using its proboscis to suck out liquified fly innards while perched all pretty on a Rose of Sharon leaf. (Cool info. on Robber Flies in my previous Robber Fly post.)
Just a couple of days ago, I saw a Robber Fly who was briefly stuck in some spider webs near the ground among pointy succulents. A small Alligator Lizard made some quick, careful lunges after it, but the fly freed itself before the lizard made a meal of it. (I have to admit I was rooting for the lizard.)
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| Left: Robber Fly in Web (Lizard Barely Visible). Right: Defeated Alligator Lizard. |
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