Misumena vatia is not afraid of big beasts: even an Empid or Assassin Fly (Empis tessellata), a big, fast flying diptere, cannot escape. Assassin Flies themselves are evil predators, that, in fast flight, grab other insects, stab them with their stiff protruding proboscis and suck them. This is a bad, bad world...
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A Beautiful Death | Not a Flying Egg | Lucky | Beauty | |
Strong Armor | Big Beast | On the Fast Lane | Goliath | |
Small but Mean | A Flirt on the Edge | Big Love | Mating |
Photograph by José Verkest, Text by Maria Pfeifer |