Brandon Alms | Springfield, Missouri Photography Services

Robber Fly Captures Dinner

An extreme macro shot of a robber fly (Triorla interrupta) as it eats the insides of a common house fly. Robber fly's inject saliva containing neurotoxic enzymes which paralyze and digest the insides of its prey. It then sucks the liquified meal through its proboscis. Robber fly's are very aggressive hunters and will hunt other flies, beetles, butterflies, moths, bees, dragon flies, wasps, grasshoppers, and some spiders.

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Filename: Robber Fly Captures Prey
Copyright: Brandon Alms
Image Size: 5208x3424 / 7.3MB; fly robber fly eat digest insect Asilidae triorla interrupta proboscis macro predator prey two animals invertebrate carnivore horizontal color image nobody nature leaf housefly pest wildlife compound eye trapped captured caught death
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An extreme macro shot of a robber fly (Triorla interrupta) as it eats the insides of a common house fly. Robber fly's inject saliva containing neurotoxic enzymes which paralyze and digest the insides of its prey. It then sucks the liquified meal through its proboscis. Robber fly's are very aggressive hunters and will hunt other flies, beetles, butterflies, moths, bees, dragon flies, wasps, grasshoppers, and some spiders.