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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Philanthinae » Philanthini » Beewolves (Philanthus) » Philanthus ventilabris
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Beewolf? - Philanthus ventilabris - female
Copyright © 2006 Machele White

Beewolf? - Philanthus ventilabris - Female
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
June 7, 2006
Taking prey to an egg?

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Beewolf? - Philanthus ventilabris - female Beewolf - Philanthus ventilabris - female
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Contributed by Machele White on 13 June, 2006 - 9:35am
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 1:05pm

Moved
Moved from Beewolves.
… Matthias Buck, 29 July, 2007 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Philanthus ventilabris with prey (FL)
Note the truncate dorsal surface of the pronotum.
… Matthias Buck, 29 July, 2007 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

No Doubt!
This female has secured a female halictid bee as prey, so that pretty much cinches it:-) Not sure which species of Philanthus this is, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2006 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
very much for the help.
… Machele White, 21 June, 2006 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

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