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African Pompilidae

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  • A large pompilid (cf. Batozonellus sp.) with an immobilized spider (Neoscona sp.)
    A large pompilid (cf. Batozonellus sp.) with an immobilized spider (Neoscona sp.)
  • The legs of this spider have been amputated — behaviour associated with the tribe Ageniellini.
    The legs of this spider have been amputated — behaviour associated with the tribe Ageniellini.

Video by Lynette Rudman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNDSPgb1Yqw&ab_channel=LynetteRudman

Ceropales wasps are kleptoparasitic; they oviposit into spiders that have been immobilized by other spider-hunting wasps (mostly Pompilidae). This behaviour was captured in this series of observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136259602; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136259603; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136259601.

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