Andy Sands / Common red-legged robberfly (Dioctria rufipes) on leaf waiting to ambush fly prey, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Red-legged robberfly (Engelepogon brunnipes) with Damselfly (Zygoptera) prey, Sardinia, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Red-legged robberfly (Engelepogon brunnipes) with Damselfly (Zygoptera) prey, Sardinia, Italy, September

Andy Sands / Red legged robberfly (Dioctria rufipes) feeding on fly prey, Oxfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Red-legged robberfly (Dioctria rufipes) resting on leaf along side Ladybird (Coccinellidae) larvae, Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Common red-legged robberfly (Dioctria rufipes) resting on grass stem. Hertfordshire, England, UK. May. Focus Stacked.

Nick Upton / Common red-legged robber fly (Dioctria rufipes) perched on a grass stem with a small hoverfly as prey, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.