Promachus albifacies with prey and kleptoparasitic flies

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The Robber Fly is Promachus albifacies, the prey is a native bee of the genus Agapostemon female, the ant is a Pogonomyrmex and of course the fly is another member of the Chloropidae. This photo taken on my property Hereford Arizona at five thousand feet elevation, Huachuca Mountains.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith