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Unknown wasp maybe spider wasp ? - Ceropales maculata - female

Unknown wasp maybe spider wasp ? - Ceropales maculata - Female
Hennepin & Hopper Lakes, Putnam County, Illinois, USA
October 9, 2016
Size: 9 mm

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Unknown wasp maybe spider wasp ? - Ceropales maculata - female Unknown wasp maybe spider wasp ? - Ceropales maculata - female

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Thanks for the ID
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Ceropales
Definitely Ceropales and a very interesting photo as well.
Members of this genus are kleptoparasitic on other pompilid wasps, laying their eggs on the spider prey of other wasps. That looks like what's going on in this photo. It is not often that this biology is captured.

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