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spider wasp with spider - Priocnemis minorata
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

spider wasp with spider - Priocnemis minorata
Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA
April 14, 2005
The wasp was carrying a large spider to her hole in the ground. When she got to the hole, she went in first, pulling the spider out of sight.

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 April, 2005 - 10:24pm
Last updated 1 September, 2007 - 10:53am

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 September, 2007 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Probably Priocnemis sp.
Priocnemis minorata is virtually the only spider wasp active this early in the year in the northeast U.S., so I'm betting that is what this is. Nice work!
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 April, 2005 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Priocnemis minorata
Thanks for the ID Eric.
… tom murray, 16 April, 2005 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

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