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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Blue-black Spider Wasps (Anoplius) » Subgenus Arachnophroctonus (Anoplius Subgenus Arachnophroctonus) » Anoplius semirufus
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spider wasp - Anoplius semirufus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

spider wasp - Anoplius semirufus
Ayer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 31, 2006
Size: ~9mm

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spider wasp - Anoplius semirufus spider wasp - Anoplius semirufus
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Contributed by tom murray on 1 September, 2006 - 1:55pm
Last updated 2 September, 2006 - 1:37pm

Moved
This one had an injured wing, so was just running around and not flying, giving me good photo ops. Thanks Nick!!!
… tom murray, 2 September, 2006 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Great photo!
but not a Velvet Ant. This is a pretty typical female Anoplius semirufus. It is most similar to A. apiculatus but I see two really good characters: the very shiny abdomen and the prominent apical abdominal tergite (makes the butt look a little bulbous). I also see a very good shot of the tarsal comb spines (fuzzy, but good) on the far side of the wasp.
… Nick Fensler, 1 September, 2006 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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