Lance fly, Earomyia melnickae, on death camas

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Assassin bug nymph observing the August, 2017 solar eclipse, which I projected backward through a spotting scope onto a leaf, in my backyard in Southern California.

Mating Mantids, California

Mantis with honeybee prey - note also the tiny Milichiid fly, which are sometimes called "freeloader flies," dining on the bee while it can; these flies are apparently attracted by the alarm pheremones given off by the bees when they are attacked.