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Bentsen boat ramp spider wasp - Auplopus - female
Copyright © 2009 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose Ph.D.

Bentsen boat ramp spider wasp - Auplopus - Female
World Birding Center at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
May 18, 2009
This critter was amongst the shoreline shrubbery adjacent to the boat ramp at Bentsen during one of my last few dragonfly walks there. Maybe some species of Auploplus? Its victim appears to be a Thomisid (crab spider)

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Bentsen boat ramp spider wasp - Auplopus - female Bentsen boat ramp spider wasp, side view - Auplopus - female Bentsen boat ramp spider wasp, front view - Auplopus - female
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 12 June, 2009 - 10:14pm

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps. I'm unemployed pending a transcontinental move (to Amherst MA), and have loads of pics to post, so am hoping to get caught up as much as the wife, kids, and home life allow...
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 12 June, 2009 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
No way!
I'm working at UMass right NOW! I'll be there until about mid-December. Let me know when you arrive and I'll try and be there to greet you.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 June, 2009 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

 
That is TOO COOL
We figure to arrive in mid- to late August. Should still have a couple of months of quality bugs before the first frost, I think. See you then!
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 13 June, 2009 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Nice!
Yes, a species of Auplopus, but I believe it is the other end needed for species ID (and the genus is in bad need of revision anyway). Nice to see you posting here again!
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 June, 2009 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

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