beautiful shots anyway. I know the pain of chasing around a female spider wasp only to have it do nothing. In fact, I came upon a nesting Cryptocheilus attenuatum (detailed nesting sequence/nest description is unreported) that went through an almost complete nesting sequence before I made a sharp move and scared it. I waited for and hour for it to come back, but it never did. In any case, I never get tired of seeing these species, this is my favorite genus of wasp. Keep up the good work...something is bound to happen...these wasp have to come from somewhere:-) It probably won't be as conspicuous as an Anoplius dragging a Lycosid around, though. You may have to literally dig something up, if their biology proves to be similar to P. planata.

And chasing these things waiting for a capture can be exhausting. We appreciate the effort.