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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntail Wasps (Siricidae) » Siricinae » Urocerus » White-horned Horntail Wasp (Urocerus albicornis)
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High Drama: Robber Fly takes wasp - Urocerus albicornis
Copyright © 2009 Christopher Adam

High Drama: Robber Fly takes wasp - Urocerus albicornis
Noonan, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 28, 2009
The fly has succeeded in turning the wasp on its back. This is the fourth and last location where the fly took the wasp, within a space of about 4 feet. After this, it flew away with its prey, no doubt having immobilized it.

Two other photos moved to Asilidae here:

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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 30 July, 2009 - 2:12pm
Last updated 27 August, 2009 - 6:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Since you have two nice bugs here, I've moved this one to the horntail page and the other two to robber flies in the hopes you get an ID from an expert there... I've placed thumbnails of the images in the separated pages so we can still "link" them in a way...
… Ken Schneider, 27 August, 2009 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

interesting shots
Glad you posted them. That's some big prey for it. Usually I find robberflies with something less than half their size.
… Andrew Williams, 30 July, 2009 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
very dramatic indeed! prey: Urocerus albicornis, a horntail
more uncommon than the robber!
… v belov, 30 July, 2009 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

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