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Sphex tepanecus? - Sphex tepanecus - female
Copyright © 2015 cwmelton

Sphex tepanecus? - Sphex tepanecus - Female
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 16, 2015
I watched this female dig a burrow and make a temporary closure. I then waited for her to return with a paralyzed spider. To my surprise she returned with a paralyzed katydid nymph.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.
Elevation 5,200. ft.

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Sphex tepanecus? - Sphex tepanecus - female Sphex tepanecus - female
Contributed by cwmelton on 16 September, 2015 - 6:45pm

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 September, 2015 - 6:49pm

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