Predatory Shield Bug!..possibly Podisus brevispinus

This completely blew my mind tonight. I thought it was some sort of stinkbug,which dine on plant juices, and then I discovered it with its beak sunk into this poor moth.Wow.Anybody know the ID of this bug?

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