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Auplopus sp.
Spotted this wasp struggling with it's prey this morning in a banana plant. Can't find a Scientific name so if someone could give me an ident. I would be grateful
Fruit garden
" Honey I'm home, I picked up a takeaway for lunch"
Pompilidae, Pepsinae, Auplopus sp.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davegball/...
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/03/01/s...
I do not think that this one is Ampulex compressa. This one should have to pairs of red legs and bluish tibiae.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/169...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_coc....
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/...
It might be another species of Ampulex or another wasp genus.
Spider legs skilfully removed.. they just get in the way anyway. Good spot Viv.
Hi Viv, it looks very similar to this spotting of mine: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/124...
Spotted on Jun 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 2, 2013
