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Me quedé sorprendido al observar a este insecto volador de color negro, pues en un primer avistamiento cuando apareció sobre el mesón tenía un aspecto semejante a una pequeña libélula. Sin embargo, al tomar las fotografías y ampliarlas pude observar otro detalle de su morfología, su cuerpo estaba cubierto literalmente con espinas o algo similar.
I was surprised to observe this black flying insect, because at first sighting when it appeared on the meson it looked like a small dragonfly. However, when I took pictures and enlarged them I could observe another detail of its morphology, its body was literally covered with spines or something similar.
It was not surprising, since this arthropod is characterized by having those "horns" similar to spines all over its body, highlighting its 6 legs. For this reason is that they belong to the Brachycera, they are also recognized as a Diptera insect, as seen in the photographs highlights its pair of main wings known as "halteres" and not like other flying insects that have 4 wings. The purpose of this Bulletin is to present a photographic document on a member of the Family Asilidae, a fly with a peculiar appearance due to its spiny body, especially in its extremities. Generally, this fly has "predatory" feeding habits, as it counts among its main menu: flies, bees, spiders, wasps and other insects that are within its reach at mealtime.
As seen in the videos above, this fly is very agile in moving through vegetation in search of prey, and can scurry between branches if necessary to reach the elusive salticidae spiders. If you look at the following pictures, you can see the proboscis in front and in the middle of its compound eyes, which serves to inoculate neurotoxins to its prey and also functions as a "straw" to suck food liquids from its prey.
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·) Robber flies
·) Braquíceros
·) Dípteros
Las referencias están incluidas en el mismo texto, así que puedes darle clic y llegar a ellas, pero también puedes buscar más información sobre las Moscas Asilidae en los siguientes enlaces: ·) AsilidaeLas imágenes y vídeos que son CC0 Public Domain están indicadas con sus enlaces correspondientes para respetar los derechos de autor. El texto presentado en el Blog de @AQUA.nano es 100% original
·) Robber flies
·) Braquíceros
·) Dípteros