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Photo#326981
Copyright © 2009
Dave Melius
Sphex sp. -
Prionyx
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
August 30, 2009
i think this is Sphex lucae dragging the grasshopper to a burrow.
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Contributed by
Dave Melius
on 30 August, 2009 - 4:24pm
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 6:43pm
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Dave Melius
, 31 August, 2009 - 6:43pm
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thanks
thanks Eric. yeah i couldn't believe it was dragging such a large grasshopper so quickly.
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Dave Melius
, 31 August, 2009 - 6:42pm
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Not Sphex
Female in the genus
Prionyx
. Astonishing to me how they can haul a prey item that large. That's like me single-handedly carrying a sofa!
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Eric R. Eaton
, 31 August, 2009 - 8:21am
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I can tell you the grasshopper is
a female
Melanoplus differentialis
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David J. Ferguson
, 31 August, 2009 - 12:01am
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