Robber Fly (Bathypogon nigrinus) (1/1)

Diptera: Asilidae

Bathypogon nigrinus  

When I first started photographing Dragonflies I thought they were these delightful colourful aeronautical marvels but I quickly found out they were ruthlessly efficient hunters. Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted.

This photo does not show a misguided passionate embrace between a Robber Fly (Bathypogon nigrinus) and a female Common Bluetail Damselfly, but rather a damsel in distress as the Robber fly (Bathypogon nigrinus) injects emulsifier into the back of her head and then sucks all the juice and life force out of her.