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An interesting fact about this amazing species is it's the same one across all the American continent - it didn't diversify...
Hey Larry! I couldn't find pictures of the tinctipennis. Could you link me somewhere?
I'm in Monteverde right now and happened to shoot a wasp that looks VERY similar to this one yesterday, and it was hauling a paralyzed green spider to its nest. I'll post the image later on - but Sphex is definitely the genus on this one.
Pensylvanicus in the name rather suggests that this particular wasp I linked to in EOL is not the exact one in this picture (Pensylvania / Costa Rica) - but they look very, very similar.
Hey! My friend did a documentary about this one. Really interesting behavior from this species, check out the crazy sexual antics (including kissing):
http://youtu.be/vfs_zghsQTA
Trychoptera larvae do the sane, but they live underwater.. I'm not sure what the trychoptera larva looks like from up close, though. At some point they have to come out of the water to turn into a kind of moth.
Parasitic mite indeed, feeding from an Opiliones. The arachnid looks very similar to ones I've seen in Monteverde!
