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Southern Bee Killer with Wasp - Mallophora orcina

Southern Bee Killer with Wasp - Mallophora orcina
Greenville, Texas, USA
August 6, 2008
Size: Approx. 2 inches
I found this Southern Bee Killer having a Red Wasp for lunch in Greenville, Texas at Majors Airfield on August 6th 2008. Thanks to Teddy Kesting-Handly of AllExperts.com for helping me identify what it was.

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Southern Bee Killer with Wasp - Mallophora orcina Southern Bee Killer with Wasp - Mallophora orcina

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Wow,
I did not know that these will even take Polistes! The wasp is quite interesting, too. I don't know what it is: there is too much yellow for P. carolina/perplexus and too little yellow for P. bellicosus. If you find these wasps again it would be very interesting to see an image of the whole specimen.

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