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Hi,
There are some flies attacking a spider's and hemiptera hunt in the following photos.
Could someone explain this event?

http://dogalhayat.org/property/heteropt ... ment-75793
http://dogalhayat.org/property/fm-20/#comment-75792

Thanks..

Obviously there are not enough details to try a determination, but the behaviour is typical of some Milichidae; it is not uncommon to observe those little flies feeding on the preys of bigger predators.
Probably they profit of the fact that the prey is dead or in any case unable to move, whilst the predator is busy sucking his big prey and does not care about those little disturbers.

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Carlo