Robber fly. Macrophotograph of a robber fly (Laphria posticata). Robber flies are predators of other flying insects which they ambush in flight. This

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Robber fly. Macrophotograph of a robber fly (Laphria posticata). Robber flies are predators of other flying insects which they ambush in flight. This one is a bumblebee mimic. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species.

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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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