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Spider Wasp - Anoplius
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Spider Wasp - Anoplius
Konawa, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
April 10, 2009
Size: 8mm (5/16")
Equally impressive, and maybe even more so than the spider and the caterpillar
is this wasp with a paralyzed Wolf spider.
Sorry for the blade of grass in the middle of the pic but the wasp was a fast mover and I had little time to take a pic before it was gone.

Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 13 April, 2009 - 10:13am

Spider wasp.
This appears to be a species of Anoplius, certainly in that subfamily (Pompilinae), but can't say more without examining the specimen under a 'scope.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 April, 2009 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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