Robber fly (Asilidae) with rose chafer beetle ( Macrodactylus ) photo

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24-JUN-2011	Christine Hanrahan

Robber fly (Asilidae) with rose chafer beetle (Macrodactylus)

The rose chafer scarab beetles are small, but not tiny (about 5 mm), so that gives an idea of how big this fly is. There were many, many rose chafer beetles on the wild grape and wild raspberry in the vicinity of this photo.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/125s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Irene Wehrli		04-Jul-2013 11:48
Oh my - we don't have those robber flies here around, good for our rose chafers! What an impressive shot! Irene

marko gregoric		01-Jul-2011 11:50
Wow!!! Stunning shot... Excellent details. BV

Patrick Goossens		01-Jul-2011 10:34
Fantastic capture here Christine, cruel but pure nature.

Graeme		26-Jun-2011 23:01
Your macro shots just get better and better, Christine. Well and truely captured Id say!Voted

Carl Carbone		24-Jun-2011 21:45
Wonderful macro. To catch the crime as it happens is amazing photojournalism. :-) V

Karen Stuebing		24-Jun-2011 21:42
Reminds me of gladiators for some reason. I hope the beetles are bad for the plant and deserve the death sentence. Super detailed capture.

Tom LeRoy		24-Jun-2011 21:26
What great details and what action of nature! So interesting to see! Great catch!V!

reflectionsofnature		24-Jun-2011 20:57
Dramatic photo of this beetle being robbed of its life by a predator.

Colin Storey		24-Jun-2011 20:08
Stunning macro work. v

J. Scott Coile		24-Jun-2011 19:39
Awesome.

Ghislaine et Réal Boulet		24-Jun-2011 19:25
Excellent capture

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