Empis tessellata · snapmusė

• Hanging Fly
• Gewürfelte Tanzfliege
• wujek kostkowany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empis_tessellata Adults and larvae are predatory. Adults mainly hunt Diptera or other small insects, but they also feed on the nectar of flowers. especially of umbellifers.

Before mating, the male catches prey to present as a gift to the female. Only then the mating takes place. The creamy-yellow larvae live underneath the ground and in leaf litter.‥