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Red Wasp

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Description:

This wasp looks like he's wearing the spiderman costume...

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Comments (2)
lori.tas
Hi Matthew. I think your wasp is a female who intends haul that spider back to her burrow and lay her eggs on it (it's only paralyzedly), that way, when the little wasps hatch out they'll have something "fresh" to feed on. It's kind cool, and gross, when you think about it.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2011

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