Biology
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Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest with paralyzed
spiders (Aranaea) that is either constructed in the ground, or
constructed from mud within sheltered situations, or in pre-existing
cavities such as hollow stems, or old abandoned nests, or key-holes (Bohart & Menke, 1976;
Gess & Gess, 2014). |
References
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