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Photo by Vinny
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Description:

Large black wasp between 2-3cm long, pics 2-6 show a series of it dragging a Katydid into its burrow.

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Comments (4)
Vinny
Thanks for the info John. Mark- Baked during the dry season and now steamed during the wet ;)
Liana
Love that last shot, dragging it down into the burrow. Wonderful series Vinny. Thank you for sharing :)
Mark Ridgway
Well done Vinny. I reckon you must be well cooked by now in that area.
John La Salle
Very nice series. This is a thread-waisted wasp (or digger wasp) in the family Sphecidae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecidae

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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Hymenoptera of the world -- bees, ants and all their friends
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2017

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