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Downy JS & a parasitic wasp

Paul Iddon

Moderator
Three and out! Sometimes you just cannot keep up with a downy jumping spider!

The last 3 are of a parasitic wasp is getting perilously close to the hole where my mason bees are nesting... I hope the search has ended at this hole!

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Paul.
 
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Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Well, in this case I would favor the bees as we need them desperately right now.

Also if a hyena is going after a threatened species, why not help on the side of good!

Asher
 

Paul Iddon

Moderator
I have researched the wasp - fortunately, this one is Crossocerus sp. - a wasp that predates on either flies or leafhoppers.

Paul.
 
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