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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) » Pepsinae » Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Ageniellini) » Auplopus » Auplopus adjunctus
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Spider Wasp - Auplopus adjunctus - female
Copyright © 2009 Tom Bentley

Spider Wasp - Auplopus adjunctus - Female
Turkey Run Park, Virginia, USA
June 23, 2009
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 30 June, 2009 - 5:35pm
Last updated 16 June, 2018 - 3:33pm

Moved
Moved from Auplopus mellipes.
… Nick Fensler, 20 June, 2017 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Auplopus.
… Tom Bentley, 30 June, 2009 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Tom Bentley, 30 June, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

pompilid
in the genus Auplopus... i think A. mellipes, but i would want to take a look in Townes to be sure. really nice picture.
… edward trammel, 30 June, 2009 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
I agree with species, too. Yes, terrific image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 June, 2009 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Tom Bentley, 30 June, 2009 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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