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Spider Wasp - Priocnemis
Copyright © 2008 Kevin Hall

Spider Wasp - Priocnemis
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
April 9, 2008
Kept "flitting" its wings as it walked along the ground. Kept trying to crawl under leaves and burrow into the dirt.

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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 9 April, 2008 - 10:51pm
Last updated 24 June, 2008 - 4:16pm

Pepsinae
Perhaps a Priocnemis.
… Matthias Buck, 10 April, 2008 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Either Priocnemis oregona, or P. notha occidentalis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 April, 2008 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
P. oregona
The teeth on the posterior tibiae look too strong to be anything in Priocnemis (s.s.). Also the date is too early (P. nigripes, P. minorata, and P. oregona are all in the vernal subgenus Priocnemissus).
… Nick Fensler, 10 June, 2008 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

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