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Interrupted Spider Wasp

Poecilopompilus interruptus

Photo by tomk3886
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30.5187, -84.1096

Field Notes

Habitat:

Found dragging its prey over some garden tools under a roof.

Notes:

This wasp mimics paper wasps of the genus Polistes. It is carrying a Golden Silk Spider, Trichoniphila clavipes. The same species of spider shown in the link.
When I saw this wasp I thought it was a member of the Polistes colony that was above my head. I thought how is this wasp going to get this large prey up to that nest . I also couldn't recall Polistes preying on spiders. It couldn't be Polistes but it looked exactly like the wasps above.

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