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Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis sp.)


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La avispa ataca a una araña y logra inmovilizarla y llevársela para hospedar su larva en el abdomen de la araña. No sabemos la identificación de la araña.

Claudia Mora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Scientific name: Pepsis sp.
English Name: Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Spanish Name: Matacaballos
Portuguese Name: Vespa-caçadora-de-caranguejeiras
Sex: Indistinguishable
Life stage: Adult
Registration date: 10/01/2015
Country: Argentina
Province / Department: Buenos Aires
Location or protected area: Turdera
Detailed location: Parque Municipal Finky
Coordinates - Detailed location: -34.787682, -58.397130
Altitude - Detailed location: 19 m a.s.l.
Location accuracy: Medium
Belonging: Native
Condition: Wild
Certainty: Filmed
Reproduction information: No
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Video ID: 826 View Full Record
Publication date: 01/16/2015 13:01:53
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