Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Spider Wasp - Pepsis sp.

Family Pompilidae
This family includes spider-hunting wasps. Pepsis is one of the represented genera.
The females are active hunters which look for spiders. They capture and paralyze the prey to feed larvae. But adults feed on flowers.
The female is the bigger individual.

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The male would be "smelling" the female with the intention to mate© Claudia y Tito Di Mauro