Slender striped robberfly
Leptogaster cylindrica
The slender striped robberfly is a thin, long robber fly from Europe and Asia. Robber flies are hunting flies that catch other insects. This one looks so much like its cousins that even experts need a close look.
Lives in
Europe and Asia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It hunts small insects, not people.
What does it eat?
Like other robber flies, it catches small insects and sucks them dry.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Slender striped robberfly about 8 km/h (5 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It belongs to the robber flies, a family of skilled insect hunters.
2
It is very hard to tell apart from other robber flies of its genus.
3
Its long, thin body gives it the name "slender".
you asked
Most asked questions about Slender striped robberfly
?What does the slender striped robberfly eat?
Small insects that it catches.
?Is the slender striped robberfly dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Leptogaster cylindrica
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Asilidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Asilidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Leptogaster cylindrica (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at Waarneming.nl , a source of nature observations in the Netherlands.. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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