Caption

A shimmering black robber fly (Choerades fimbriata) with impaled fly as prey sitting on a green blade of grass Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date

Jun 29, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Hans Lang

Reference

BRK25G54_188

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

68.7Mb (2.8Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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