Some days ago I saw a little Mischocyttarus paper wasp strangely landing on soil. Then I saw it just had caught a spider. So I kept watching where was she going with that spider, expecting her to carry it to a paper nest, without even knowing if paper wasps eat spiders. She then carried the spider to a little ‘‘den’’ dug in the sand. Then I realized I’ve just been tricked: this was no ‘‘Mischocyttarus’’, not even a paper wasp at all but a perfect mimic, and I simply ended having no idea of what I observed.
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Several spider wasps have similar coloration. I’m sure @susanna_h can help if you tag her.
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Spider wasps=Trypoxylon?
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