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These little wasps were everywhere during our trip through S Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. This was the only really decent set of photos
Spotted on Jan 3, 2014
Submitted on Sep 9, 2015
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Thank you! I also spotted a very similar looking wasp in Ecuador
Very nice - This is a spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_was...
They paralyse spiders, then drag them to a nest and lay an egg on them. When the egg hatches, the larvae develops by eating the spider. Sometimes they remove the legs from the spiders - as in your picture and the following.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...