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Monday, 29 May 2017

Scorpion flies, Panorpa sp. sucking the nice juices from insects caught in a spider's web on Wolstonbury Hill, Sussex, yesterday morning.


 One male and two female Scorpion flies are stealing food from the spider as she watches on.

The viscious looking scorpion-like tail of the male is completely harmless.
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