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Taken 14-Sep-13
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Spider wasp - Episyron conterminus posterus

Family Pompilidae - Spider Wasps

Solitary hunters, they bring a spider back to their nests. They lay an egg on it and the larva will feed on it. Adults may eat nectar.


dragging Hentz's Orbweaver - Neoscona crucifera to a site for her nest


My yard 09/14/2013
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-520, f/13 @ 137 mm, 1/180, ISO 400, Flash

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Keywords:Spiders - Areneae/Orb-weavers - Araneidae/Hentz's orbweaver - Neoscona crucifera, Hymenoptera/wasps/Spider wasps - Pompilidae/Spider wasp - Episyron conterminus posterus

Spider wasp - Episyron conterminus posterus