Robber fly and prey. Robber fly (Promachus sp.) with a bee-fly (family Bombyliidae) it has caught. Robber flies (family Asilidae) are predators of oth

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Robber fly and prey. Robber fly (Promachus sp.) with a bee-fly (family Bombyliidae) it has caught. Robber flies (family Asilidae) are predators of other flying insects that they ambush in flight. Photographed in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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