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Notes:

it creates nest by mixing saliva with mud. it captures live insects mainly caterpillar or spiders and injects venom to put them in coma, then keeps them inside the nest and lays a single egg on each capture.. the larvae eats the captured insects alive..

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rivu.ghorai
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rivu.ghorai

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Jul 22, 2010
Submitted on May 30, 2011

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