Assassin Bug Nymph (zelus luridus) dining on a hover fly.

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Bob

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No.

And then just this morning...

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I didn't even notice the spider while taking the picture. But the hairstreak got away in time to go nectar somewhere else.

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I just happen to have a few photos of bugs eating bugs. . .

Here is a link that might be useful: Predators

Ack - these are grossing me out! :)

(although I do like the title of the thread!)

I had forgotten about this one. Such a floral predator.

Taken 8/25/2008 in Fredrick Co, MD.

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That mantis is brutal, Sandy!

This one too

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Jeff,

That last one is a great "catch"! I love taking predator pictures--I just don't like predators eating my butterflies. But, you can't have both your butterfly and have it get eaten for a good photo.

Can't think of a better way to go for a horse fly. I hate those things. :-)

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randy

Yikes you all! Unbelievable pictures and great timing. Glad to see a good predator--that dragonfly.

Hate robber flies--they are so fast and deadly. I remember following a Pearl Crescent around hoping it would lay eggs, and then a Robber Fly knocked it down and killed it. I did get the robber fly but not soon enough.