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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) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Blue-black Spider Wasps (Anoplius)
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which genus pompilidae? - Anoplius - female
Copyright © 2019 Iris

which genus pompilidae? - Anoplius - Female
Haynes point, osoyoos, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
August 18, 2019
Size: about 12 mm long wasp
Wasp dragging a spider backwards by the spider's front leg. Can this behavior be a guide to what genus of wasp this is? Wasp was all black (as far as I could tell).

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which genus pompilidae? - Anoplius - female which genus pompilidae? - Anoplius - female which genus pompilidae? - Anoplius - female
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Contributed by Iris on 14 September, 2019 - 6:47pm
Last updated 24 September, 2019 - 7:36am

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.

ID courtest of Frank Kurczewski (personal communication).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 September, 2019 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

The type of spider taken, and the manner in which it is grasped, could very well help with the ID. Wait to hear from the experts.
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