assassin fly
Asilidae latin

The assassin flew backward, but he didn't hit the wall again.

The assassin flew forward over the bent head of The Shadow.

Luckily, the captain hit his mark, sending the assassin flying backward in a burst of red light.

The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies.

He told me of an occasion when a wolf spider had gone mad after eating a poisoned assassin fly, and killed four sailors.

Sonya's swift reaction, turning sideways and almost missing the blade while she palm-struck the man's elbow, had caught the man entirely by surprise, granting Sonya the precious seconds she had needed to throw a sidekick to his solar plexus, sending the assassin flying toward the bed.

In general the biology of the Asilidae still is poorly known.

The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species.

The family of Asilidae currently includes over 7000 described species in about 530 genera.

The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies.

Asilidae generally occur in habitats that are open, sunny and dry or even arid.

The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies.

E. aestuans is a member of the Asilidae family.

Blepharotes is a genus of robber fly in the family Asilidae.

Many Asilidae have long, tapering abdomens, sometimes with a sword-like ovipositor.

Others are associated with robber flies (Asilidae), or Crematogaster ants.

Some Asilidae do however specialise in smaller prey, and this is reflected in their more gracile build.

The Asilidae are predators, both in the juvenile stage and the adult stage, and feed on small arthropods, mainly insects.

With regard to interspecific trophic relationships, there is a large number of reports on the prey captured by Asilidae.

Many Asilidae when attacked in turn do not hesitate to defend themselves with their proboscides and may deliver intensely painful bites if handled incautiously.

They also visit Asilidae, Reduviidae, and even Mantodea.

An introduction to the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of South Africa.

Asilidae, etc. (Faune de France.

Oldroyd, H. 1958, Some Asilidae from Iran.

Loewiella Williston (Asilidae)

Family Asilidae at EOL Images.

Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Philippine Islands.

Their biodiversity is lower in forested ecosystems and, where Asilidae do occur in such environments, they tend to concentrate in the glades and margins.

Oldroyd, H. 1972: Two robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae) of unusual structure.

Choerades is a genus of robber flies described by Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae.

Oldroyd, H. 1970: Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera).