''Myioscaptia muscula'' is a large horse fly native to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Ecology

The larva of ''Scaptia muscula'' lives in the pit trap of an

antlion The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae. They are known for the predatory habits of their larvae, which mostly dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. In North America, the larvae ...

larva and feeds on the prey that it catches.

References

Tabanidae Insects described in 1955 Diptera of Australasia {{Tabanoidea-stub