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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Ageniellini) » Ageniella » Ageniella accepta
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Female Ageniella accepta? - Ageniella accepta - female
Copyright © 2017 Salvador Vitanza

Female Ageniella accepta? - Ageniella accepta - Female
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 4, 2017
Size: 9 mm
Coordinates: 31.335223, -110.938017
Elevation: 3,932 ft
I saw several spiders leaving a recently mowed Bermuda grass lawn. Then, a couple of these wasps were carrying spiders over a brick paver patio. I managed to catch one wasp and noticed that the spider's legs had been severed. Hoping to determine a parasitoid/host association, I posted photos of the spider here:

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 4 July, 2017 - 10:44pm
Last updated 26 February, 2019 - 11:48pm

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