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Family - Asilidae
large fly, iridescent purple wings with a bee in its mouth.
rainforest
I spotted this at Baobeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary. I thought it might be a parasitic wasp but I'm not sure.
Lat: 6.69, Long: -1.62
Spotted on Dec 22, 2003
Submitted on Apr 22, 2011
7 Comments
Thanks Ismael!
Wow! fantastic spotting Dan
Thanks Juan for the ID and thanks everyone for the comments. This has been a mystery to me for so long. I'm glad to see it get an ID.
Great shot!
yes, it's a nice picture
...awesome photo though!
This is not a wasp, is an Robber fly (Asilidae) and is not parasitic, is predating on a bee