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Here is a link to a picture of an unknown bug which is apparently killing the red wasp and maybe impaling it thru the head and sucking the stuff out of the wasp, the wasp was still moving but the critter with him, fly around a little ways, and would land again, as the wasp was heavy from his point of view.
Jerry
Hi Jerry,
The predator in your photo is a Robber Fly known as a Hanging Thief, and it is eating a Polistes Paper Wasp. Hanging Thieves in the genus Diogmites, get their common name from the way they hang while eating. Notice in your image the Hanging Thief is supporting its entire weight plus the weight of the wasp from just one leg.
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