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Evagetes sp.
About 6-8 millimeters, black with a blue sheen as shown. Note relatively short, thick antennae, a hallmark of the genus.
Found the wasp resting on a dried flower head in a vast open field of degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
This genus of spider wasps is kleptoparasitic on other spider wasps.
Spotted on Sep 14, 2012
Submitted on Jan 11, 2014
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