Robberfly
Close-up of a resting robberfly (Machimus atricapillus), sometimes known as the kite-tailed robberfly. The male are distinguishable by the projecting tab on the last segment which bears a tuft of black hairs. The tab normally has a forked apex resembling a kite's tail. Photographed in Somerset, UK, in July., by HEATH MCDONALD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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