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    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