Tripwire - _TNY_2954
This female kite-tailed robber fly (Tolmerus atricapillus) had caught some small flying insect and landed to devour it, but managed to land on a strand of spider web. I didn't see the spider so she just ignored the strand and took off.
The orange blob on the underside is a velvet mite parasitizing on the robber.
A view from the front, showing the unfortunate prey better: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/38439524500/
Tripwire - _TNY_2954
This female kite-tailed robber fly (Tolmerus atricapillus) had caught some small flying insect and landed to devour it, but managed to land on a strand of spider web. I didn't see the spider so she just ignored the strand and took off.
The orange blob on the underside is a velvet mite parasitizing on the robber.
A view from the front, showing the unfortunate prey better: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/38439524500/