Interceptor - _TNY_4893
The kite-tailed robber fly (Tolmerus atricapillus), just like all other robber flies hunt smaller flying insects which they intercept mid-air and then land and after their venom has liquified the insides of the prey, it is eaten in liquid form.
Not sure exactly what kind of fly this one has caught, but the level of spatial awareness necessary to figure out where the prey *will be soon* and fly towards that spot and intercept is pretty impressive for a fly.
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51682787134/
Interceptor - _TNY_4893
The kite-tailed robber fly (Tolmerus atricapillus), just like all other robber flies hunt smaller flying insects which they intercept mid-air and then land and after their venom has liquified the insides of the prey, it is eaten in liquid form.
Not sure exactly what kind of fly this one has caught, but the level of spatial awareness necessary to figure out where the prey *will be soon* and fly towards that spot and intercept is pretty impressive for a fly.
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51682787134/