I found a Robber Fly and he is silver for the Color Crazy Challenge!

Wanna see?

I was out waiting for the amazing fly over the that Thunderbirds did here at 12:25 today.

I wanted to get a shot of them as they came by. I knew they would be low, but I had no idea they were going to fly at eye level in the valley below me.

Well, you wont see any pictures of them I hate to say. I had my camera ready. I checked to make sure the was charged. Yes. Disk in? Yes. Okay, here they come, wow, eye level. I quickly turned the camera on and clicked. What I didn’t realize was that the button I clicked was not the shutter button, but the button right next to it. The OFF button. 🙁

My grandson cheered and it actually was really nice.

There are videos out there that show them doing fly overs. My grandson was up on a ladder just to get the best view possible from the yard.

After they passed I noticed this fly on a piece of bamboo. He looked kind of like the F-16’s that just flew beside us.

#1 Robber flies come in all sorts of colors.

Some look like bees, some are sliver (pictured above) and some are even orange.

They are also called assassin flies, and catch their prey mid air.

They use they're sharp beak to penetrate the thorax of bees, flies, wasps ants, beetles dragonflies, grasshoppers, and spiders.

They then inject a neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes which paralyzes and the toxins liquefy the flesh.

They are considered useful in the garden and not a pest.

artbytes26 says:

May 16, 2020 at 1:46 pm

They should have fired the one who designed the camera that put the off button next to the shutter!

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  May 16, 2020 at 1:59 pm
  
  Thank you! It’s one of those tiny cannons. And this is not the first time this has happened.
  
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Carol DM says:

May 16, 2020 at 8:55 pm

Wow another new insect for me, he looks cool but so evil. On the other hand, a good useful pest for the garden. A love hate bug!

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  May 17, 2020 at 2:28 pm
  
  I didn’t know whether to type in bee or fly in the search engine. I learned bees two sets of wings while flies only have one. lol A love hate bug! Yes thats it.
  
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