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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Blue-black Spider Wasps (Anoplius) » Subgenus Anoplius (Anoplius Subgenus Anoplius) » Anoplius fulgidus
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Spider Wasp with prey. - Anoplius fulgidus - female
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Spider Wasp with prey. - Anoplius fulgidus - Female
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
March 20, 2009
Pompilidae. Wasp was dragging paralyzed spider.

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Spider Wasp with prey. - Anoplius fulgidus - female Spider Wasp with prey. - Anoplius fulgidus - female
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Contributed by cwmelton on 20 March, 2009 - 4:27pm
Last updated 9 August, 2014 - 10:13pm

Moved
Moved from Pompilini.
… v belov, 9 August, 2014 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Anoplius fulgidus
Frank Kurczewski identified the wasp as Anoplius fulgidus using magnified images of the wing, abdomen tip, and foreleg. David Bixler identified the wolf spider prey as Rabidosa punctulata.
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It would add value to the guide if you posted the additional magnified images of the wing, abdomen tip, and foreleg to this series.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 August, 2014 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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