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Wasp for ID. Spider wasp, perhaps?
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Wasp for ID. Spider wasp, perhaps?
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
June 19, 2009

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Wasp for ID. Spider wasp, perhaps? Wasp for ID. Spider wasp, perhaps? Wasp for ID. Spider wasp, perhaps? Wasp for ID. Spider wasp, perhaps?
Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 19 June, 2009 - 10:37pm
Last updated 21 June, 2009 - 10:35am

It wants you to think so:-)
This is a braconid. Note many, tiny antennal segments.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 June, 2009 - 8:53pm

 
Well, it certainly fooled me.
Maybe I put too much stock in behavior.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 June, 2009 - 10:55pm

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