A Common Brown Robber fly (
Zosteria sp.), one of the 7,100 described species of
robber flies, shown here feeding on a
hoverfly. Adult robber flies attack other flies,
beetles,
butterflies and
moths, various
bees,
dragon and
damselflies,
ichneumon wasps,
grasshoppers, and some
spiders.
Photo credit: Fir0002