Lunch Time Hitchhiker

I even could not beleve that such an amazing things could happen,and this makes me beleve that one should be patient and wait for an real big one,I mean shot.Amazing,Amazing.!!

Sometimes the coolest shots are the "accidents"! Good capture.

One of the best captures I have seen in its category. Lucky Mark!

Stunning image Professor. What species of insect is the black one. He/she must be an extremely aggresive beast to subdue and then lunch on a Praying Mantis, a voracious monster itself. I reckon the EXTREME thrillseeker fly is just enjoying watching the PM getting rolled! (You didn't glue him there did you?) ;=D

Thanx to all for the kind feedback. Erin- I believe the predator is called an assasin bug. I am told the prey is some kind of plant or seed bug. The whole scene is probably 1.5 cm across with the hitch hiker being just a couple of mm.

I think the big black one is called a predatory wasp!

It lays it's eggs inside aphids and such, and you can guess what happens

to the aphids!

I believe they use these wasps on vynyards in california,to keep aphids

away!

Niall