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Spider Wasp - Episyron biguttatus
Copyright © 2015 eaglebeach

Spider Wasp - Episyron biguttatus
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 9, 2015
First saw this wasp as she was deciding on where to dig a hole. While she was digging her hole, she occasionally flew back to check on her spider. She then shoved the spider in the hole and filled in the hole. Then she spent quite a bit of time grooming the area so that the area around the hole could not be differentiated from the undisturbed sand. This occurred over 25 minutes.

Is this a Episyron sp.? Maybe E. biguttatus?

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Contributed by eaglebeach on 11 July, 2015 - 12:45pm
Last updated 29 May, 2016 - 10:21pm

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