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20-JUN-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Robber fly (Laphria sacrator) with dogwood twig borer beetle

Larose Forest

This large bumble bee-like robber fly has caught a longhorned beetle, the dogwood twig borer (Oberea tripunctata).

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Hank Vander Velde19-May-2017 00:53
Great catch x 2 Christine.
globalgadabout18-May-2017 23:50
it's a bug eat bug world...yet encouraged that dogwoods are protected against marauders...
Jim Coffman18-May-2017 23:22
Wow, great shot!
Helen Betts18-May-2017 21:50
Yikes! Great capture but poor beetle. V.
Kuriacose Joseph18-May-2017 21:47
Great shot! Life is tough in the real world...
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