Gobabeb Research & Training Centre

Hunting for Robber Flies and Mydas Flies at Gobabeb, researcher Torsten Dikow of the Field Museum of Chicago shares his experiences at Gobabeb collecting specimens from two fascinating families of flies. Robber flies (Asilidae) are a diverse family of true flies (Diptera) with some 7,500 described species from around the world. Asilids are predatory flies that feed on other insects, which they catch primarily in flight.

A birth is always good news. It is a promise of new things, of new life and of new opportunities that await realization. Gobabeb experienced such a birth recently. After much waiting and many months of deliberations and discussions and planning, Gobabeb finally signed a financing agreement for the funding of the Namib Ecological Restoration and Monitoring Unit – NERMU for short.