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Bembix sp. wasp vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - female
Copyright © 2009 norman and cheryl lavers

Bembix sp. wasp vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - Female
St. Francis, Clay County, Arkansas, USA
August 3, 2009
This is the first in a series. A Bembix sp. wasp returns with a horse fly to feed its larva, and finds an Eastern Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla magnifica)digging down to plunder the nest.

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Bembix sp. wasp vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - female Bembix sp. vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - female Bembix sp. vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - female Bembix sp. vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - female Bembix sp. vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Bembix - female Bembix sp. vs. Eastern Velvet Ant: Behavior - Dasymutilla - female
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Contributed by norman and cheryl lavers on 7 August, 2009 - 8:54am
Last updated 7 September, 2009 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 7 September, 2009 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

So cool
So nice to see these and the narrative. Thanks for posting this set.
… Bruce, 14 August, 2009 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Awesome
Norm,
Observations like this are what make bug hunting so much fun. I had read about "tending ants" but not until I observed was it so interesting. I like how you presented your storyline and you your photos are awesome. Thank for sharing.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 August, 2009 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

wow
That's a great series of pictures! Thanks for posting these.
… Andrew Williams, 7 August, 2009 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

Not horse guard.
The sand wasp in this case appears to be a species of Bembix. Horse guards are much larger. Very interesting sequence, and possibly the proof of a new host record for Dasymutilla occidentalis.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2009 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
Oops
Thanks for the correction. I see now I should have looked at the pages in your book more carefully. I will go back and change Horse Guard to Bembix sp. And my wife says to add, I should have looked more carefully at the pages of your very excellent book that we use daily, and hope everyone else has a copy of.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 7 August, 2009 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

 
LOL!
Ok, ok, this is reaching the point of gratuitous praise. I wasn't even remembering what was in "my" book....Thank you, though:-) Aside, when I was at the Cincinnati Zoo, we reared Dasymutilla occidentalis from pupae of Stictia carolina collected in Mississippi....
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2009 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

 
An interesting and informative series.
Well done, Norman.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 August, 2009 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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