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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Subduing a Spider
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# Title Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp Subduing a Spider Description A female Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) subdues a female Orb Weaver spider while clinging to a metal downspout. Mud-dauber wasps provision their nests with paralyzed (but still live) spiders. Location and Date — Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA 6/14/24 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate) Credit Mark Swanson / Swanson Media Camera/Source Nikon D7100 DSLR Lens AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Model/property releases available? Not applicable/No Keywords Orb Weavers (Araneidae), Spiders (Order Araneae), Class Arachnida (Arachnids), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals), Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium), Black Mud-dauber Wasps (Genus Sceliphron), Mud-dauber Wasps (Tribe Sceliphrini), Mud-dauber Wasps (Subfamily Sceliphrinae), Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae), Bees and Apoid Wasps (Superfamily Apoidea), Hymenoptera, Class Insecta (Insects) |
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