Asilidae

Key Characters:

• Stylate mouthparts surrounded by a beard of long hairs
• Concave depression on top of head between compound eyes

Robber flies have stylate mouthparts and a concave depression between the eyes.  The adults are predaceous and mimic bumblebees with a hairy body and a bearded face.  The larvae live in soil and decaying wood and feed on the larvae of other insects.