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28-JUL-2011

A Colorful And Dangerous World

I don't think the bee was in any danger as the Steel-blue Cricket Hunter was looking for nectar. The female of this species will however hunt crickets, grasshoppers and similar, paralyze them and then drag them to a burrow for her unborn larvae...yikes!

Canon EOS 7D
1/1000s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso640 full exif

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Ted Busby29-Jul-2011 23:58
Alien vs Predator !
Wonderful capture.

Try a Bee Fly 0r Flower Fly for an ID
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