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Unidentified insect with prey - Proctacanthus rufus
Copyright © 2009 Mike Feder

Unidentified insect with prey - Proctacanthus rufus
Big Egg Marsh, Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York County, New York, USA
July 19, 2009
Contributed by Mike Feder on 19 July, 2009 - 7:49pm
Last updated 2 February, 2010 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthus hinei.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 2 February, 2010 - 3:42pm

What do you suppose I was thinking
when I put this obvious Proctacanthus rufus into P. heini?
… norman and cheryl lavers, 2 February, 2010 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 3 November, 2009 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 14 August, 2009 - 4:26pm

Robber Fly
I'd say robber fly eating carpenter bee, but I'm not good with bees.
… John F. Carr, 19 July, 2009 - 7:51pm

 
Bumble bee.
Prey is bumble bee (note hairy, triagular face), but it is indeed a large robber fly making a meal out of it.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 July, 2009 - 8:48pm

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