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Ectemnius
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Copyright © 2007
Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
Which wasp, please? -
Ectemnius
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Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 16, 2007
Can you make out what it captured?
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Contributed by
Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
on 16 May, 2007 - 6:12pm
Last updated 7 September, 2008 - 8:12am
Moved
Moved from
Square-headed Wasps
.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 21 May, 2007 - 4:54pm
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Wow!
Crabronid wasp, probably Ectemnius. It is carrying 'most' of a crane fly! These wasps are parasitoids of flies, but this is ridiculous:-)
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Eric R. Eaton
, 16 May, 2007 - 7:10pm
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tribe Crabronina
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John S. Ascher
, 17 May, 2007 - 11:04am
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Crabronid
But I could not figure out what the hell it was carrying.
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Herschel Raney
, 16 May, 2007 - 7:54pm
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The victim
is a female crane fly of Nephrotoma ferruginea. - Chen
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Chen Young
, 16 May, 2007 - 9:01pm
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