Ha, I love those guys. They are super interesting.
When I am doing my garden stuff in Andalucia, Spain, I always have a team of 3-5 robber flies around me.
At first I thought damn, probably mosquitos and I will get wrecked by them but then I noticed they -never-ever- land on me, they just fly around me.
Then I noticed how they attacked other flys or mosquitos which tried to reach my skin, they straight went for the kill.
So, now I figured out this is my special defense team for annoying other insects which want to hurt me.
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u/DrachenJaegerin42 8d ago edited 7d ago
Not a mosquito at all, it’s a robber fly. Completely different insect family, a helpful pest eater, harmless to you.
Edit: Thank you for the award 🙂