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Padalonia & caterpillar - Podalonia - female
Copyright © 2008 Liz Bullock

Padalonia & caterpillar - Podalonia - Female
Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 18, 2008
The ant (?) was dragging the green (worm?) into the tiny little hole in the ground that it is directly over.
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Contributed by Liz Bullock on 30 May, 2009 - 12:04am
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 12:42pm

Sphecidae
with caterpillar prey
… John S. Ascher, 30 May, 2009 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

 
Podalonia.
Prey (a cutworm or caterpillar) combined with relatively stocky build says this wasp is a female Podalonia species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 May, 2009 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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