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Field Notes

Description:

- 2.5 inches long.
- bee like body
- flys

Notes:

-Killed and was eating what seems to be a wolf spider
-when approached while eating it quicky flew as if attacking

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

This is most likely a spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. They provision their nests with immobilized (but not dead) spiders. They lay a single egg on a spider and their larvae feed on it. http://bugguide.net/node/view/3919
Welcome to Project Noah, CharlesFreeman I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
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PublishedAugust 31, 2013

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