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This is a spider wasp (of the cosmopolitan Family Pompilidae). They are are solitary, and most capture and paralyze prey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp...
This spotting in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest.
This spotting resembles images of Priocnemis bicolor, the orange spider wasp (taken in Australia) http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Spotted on Nov 27, 2011
Submitted on Nov 28, 2011
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Thanks Juan
this is a Tarantula Hawk wasp (Pompilidae)