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Small blue-black wasp dragging away his prey - a pale spider of some sort.
I found this wasp dragging his victim to the edge of a leaf before dragging him off. I managed to film a few seconds of it - a very strange thing to watch. Rarely see anything that will go after spiders! Any ID or further info would be appreciated.
Spotted on Jul 19, 2010
Submitted on Jun 7, 2011
2 Comments
Could also be one of the wasps (Pompilidae) that specifically target spiders, such as the Auplopus. See http://bugguide.net/node/view/226035 for one example.
looks like a Sphecid wasp