Robber fly (Asilidae) with prey by larose forest photos


30-JUL-2010	Christine Hanrahan

This medium-size robber fly landed in front of me on a stalk of grass, with its prey, which appears to be a Sarcophagid fly.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/640s f/3.5 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Guest		14-Jun-2012 05:26
Nice and sharp!

Ghislaine et Réal Boulet		24-Jun-2011 19:26
Very impressives details

Julie Tremblay		06-Apr-2011 16:50
Wow! Great details. V.

Patricia Kay		31-Jul-2010 12:36
Fantastic image Christine...BV

Blandine Mangin		31-Jul-2010 09:16
impressionnant ! v

Torben Jorgensen		31-Jul-2010 08:06
Great catch, both the robberfly and the photo. V

slhoornstra		30-Jul-2010 22:32
Not love, but food. A fantastically detailed catch of these tiny flies. V

Graeme		30-Jul-2010 22:00
Bad news for the smaller guy, Christine. Fabouls shot.BV!

Marwan Habib		30-Jul-2010 21:43
That surely was a great catch for you.

LynnH		30-Jul-2010 20:42
He knew you had a camera and wanted a photo with his trophy catch! Very good closeup! V

Guest		30-Jul-2010 20:02
I agree with Stephanie ;^)

Jean Chiasson		30-Jul-2010 20:00
Great catch action and timing Christine vote

Stephanie		30-Jul-2010 19:05
Gotcha!! V

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