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Spider Wasp with Prey - Entypus unifasciatus - female

Spider Wasp with Prey - Entypus unifasciatus - Female
Nyack to Haverstraw Trail, Rockland County, New York, USA
July 19, 2015
When I spotted this individual she had already stunned her prey, Dolomedes tenebrosus, and was dragging it out of leaf litter presumably to take it to her burrow. She dragged for a while then flew around the immediate area, then dragged some more. At one point she left the spider in a spot where I had an unobstructed view:

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