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Robber Fly
This Robber Fly is perched on an unopened Frangipani leaf in our garden. Researching the Web it seems that the fly catches it's prey on the wing and injects it with "saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes". This has the affect of paralysing the prey and liquifying it's body proteins. T
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| Date Taken: | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Date Uploaded: | Apr 10, 2009 |
| Camera: | RICOH Caplio R5 |
| Focal Length: | 33 mm |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/189 sec |
| Aperture: | f/4.8 |
| ISO: | 148 |
| Copyright: | © Jim Booth |