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Ammophila procera
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JeanEvoy
wasps on Pluchea -
Ammophila procera
Arcadia, Desoto County, Florida, USA
September 1, 2019
All I saw was a blur of legs flailing. Then the thread-waisted wasp and the one holding its abdomen were gone. Any clue as to who the aggressor might have been?
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JeanEvoy
on 2 September, 2019 - 6:20am
Last updated 7 October, 2019 - 4:35pm
Aggressor & Spectator
The one on the left side (aggressor) is a male in the genus
Myzinum
. The one on the right side (spectator) is probably a male
Scolia nobilitata
.
They are probably something like these guys:
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Bob Biagi
, 7 October, 2019 - 4:48pm
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Moved
Moved from
Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae
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John S. Ascher
, 7 October, 2019 - 4:35pm
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