Last Friday, I headed up north to Mt.Meron for some mountain biking. As I was waiting for my friends at the bottom of the hill, I had to find something to do in order to “kill time”.

For those who haven’t tried yet, a great past time for when you’re in the great outdoors is picking up small stones from the ground, and trying to hit a bigger rock \ pole \ tree with them.

As I sat down setting my aim on an old and rusty metal pole sticking out from the ground, I noticed something a bit odd. A strange looking insect was resting on that pole, launching himself towards each and every stone flying by with amazing agility and accuracy.

For the first time in my life, I found my self playing fetch with a fly. And so, the decision to record this peculiar animal on my camera was soon to arrive, and I actually found the result to be very cool, although quite simple at the same time.

A quick check up with some nice members of a nature related on-line forum and I managed to ID the hunter insect as an Asilidae, also known as the robber fly.

So there you have it.

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