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Spider being hauled away by an insect - Agenioideus humilis

Spider being hauled away by an insect - Agenioideus humilis
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
August 1, 2005

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps. Note the faintly banded wings and the prey.

pompilid
perhaps in the genus Episyron... difficult to tell from the picture, however, there are not many genera that take araneids.

 
pompilid
Thanks for both comments - interesting information...

Spider-hauling wasp
Some wasps, such as Mud-daubers, will put paralyzed spiders in their nests as food for their larvae. That is probably what is happening here.

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