Mark Taylor / Swarm of Alkali flies (Ephydra hians) swarming over Mono Lake, California, USA
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Nick Upton / Female Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) with Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) prey it has wrapped in silk on Honeysuckle leaves. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Bee Fly (Anthrax leucogaster) sunbasking on limsetone rock. Zadar province, Croatia, July.
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Stephen Dalton / Dictynid spider {Dyctyna arundinacea} on web with fly prey, a 2mm cribellate spider wich builds its web in the heads of plants, UK, Dictynidae
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Stephen Dalton / Hover fly {Eristalis tenax} in flight to Willowherb flowers, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Crab spider (Ozyptila sp) with fly prey, UK
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John Cancalosi / Raft spider (Dolomedes spp) feeding on a fly, New York, USA
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John Cancalosi / Raft spider (Dolomedes spp) feeding on a fly, New York, USA
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Kim Taylor / Common bee fly {Bombylius major} feeding on Forget-me-not, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Common house flies {Musca domestica} on iced cake, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) showing blood- sucking proboscis. UK.
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Premaphotos / Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) female (left) feeding on a fly it has found in the web of a Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) (right) UK