Spiders eat spiders.
Spiders eat flies. So far, no surprise. But did you know that there are some flies that eat other flies?
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A robber fly (Asilidae) with another fly it has just captured. |
These predatory flies are commonly --and rather euphemistically -- called "robber flies". Robber flies (Asilidae) snatch flies and other insects in flight, inject them with a mixture of paralyzing and digesting enzymes, and then consume the liquefied remains. Thus, they are also referred to by some by the more appropriate name "assassin flies".
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