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Spider Wasp? - Larra bicolor
Copyright © 2015 Travis MacClendon

Spider Wasp? - Larra bicolor
Blountstown, Panhandle, Calhoun County, Florida, USA
July 19, 2014
Size: ca. 10mm
Lots of wing flicking in the grass, running about... hunting for spiders perhaps. Genus/species? thanks.
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Contributed by Travis MacClendon on 22 February, 2015 - 4:50pm
Last updated 22 February, 2015 - 6:56pm

Larra bicolor not Spider Wasp
Thanks. I searched for a couple of hours but was in the wrong family(s). Probably would have never found it. Per the measured width of that grass this guy about 15 mm so a Male I presume.
… Travis MacClendon, 22 February, 2015 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 22 February, 2015 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

check out Larra bicolor
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… metrioptera, 22 February, 2015 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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