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Predator and prey

Predator and prey

A Tenthredo species sawfly having caught a sand wasp devours it.

A Tenthredo species sawfly having caught a sand wasp devours it.
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PENTAX K10D

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Aperture f/22.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/80

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Apr, 2013

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