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Scorpionfly eating fly

Panorpa communis

Description:

Scorpion flies normally eat dead insects (although they sometimes eat live aphids), sometimes taking them from spider webs. So is possible that the fly was already dead or dying.



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2 Comments

Thanks, Jolly!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 9 months ago

Wow, awesome series. Beautiful

Oud-Heverlee, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Lat: 50.82, Long: 4.67

Spotted on Jul 27, 2012
Submitted on Aug 17, 2012

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