Duel To the Death

I have no earthly idea what the winner is but this poor little bee looks like it didn't have a chance against it whatever it is.
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[Bill Fenske]

Awesome closeup.

[Netkonnexion]

Fab close-up. Great, but brutal action.

[Tunia McClure]

Amazing close-up.

[Mary Siegle]

Great closeup. I'm feeling sad for the bee, but that's the way of nature, isn't it?

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Whoa- brutal indeed! Bee vs. bee.

[Robert Barr]

Excellent macro. Well done to capture such detail in live insects. Well at least one live insect.

[Brandi]

Quite intense and great macro.

[Dawn]

Nature at its best or worse ,a cool find, capture and detail fav

[Cathy Donohoue]

Marvelous macro!! You have really stepped up your game.

[Kathy Burzynski]

Wow - how did you ever come across that - awesome capture

[Leslie]

Holey Macaroni this is Macro nificant and a little scary ... How close were you...lol I can see this on the TT .....

[Simply Amanda]

Yikes!!!

[Lori]

Oh my my the bee certainly got bested by a fiercer foe. Really fantastic capture!

[Marilyn Wigen]

I feel like I wouldn't have had a chance against that ferocious insect, either! Great catch and capture!

[summerfield]

are you sure they're not cross-breeding? :-) awesome macro shot, girlfriend. aces!

[Lin]

What an amazing close up!

[katy]

@bill_fe @netkonnexion @tunia @mcsiegle @olivetreeann @sarasotab @partyof72015 @dawnee @cdonohoue @myhrhelper @lesip @alophoto @flashster78 @marilyn @summerfield @linnypinny Thank you so much for your FAVs and wonderful support of this photo of the circle of life.. I was just leaving my house when I saw this out of the corner of my eye. Thankful I had my camera in hand I positioned myself for a couple of shots. Not a macro but a hand held zoom to catch whatever action was going on. I was about 3-5 feet away and he was resting on the railing of my steps. At first I thought that is what it was Vikki and didn't realize until viewing on the computer what it really was. Too kind of you Cathy. LOL! Robert. Thanks again to all my followers and those of you that just stopped by to leave a comment.

[Chris Johnson]

Looks like the bee is about to be down for the count! Amazing closeup!

[katy]

@cjphoto I think he might have already been out!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

That's a robberfly! They are fun to shoot. They fly out and catch a flying bug and go back to same
Perch to eat it.

[katy]

@espyetta I should have known you would know! Thanks MB

[MaryBeth Dailey]

@grammyn you are welcome!