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Cazando un saltamontes (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196732863)

very fast moving

Found dead on our floor in the morning

prey

Wasp was feeding on nectar on Darwinia sp Karonie flower

Katydid predator, large >4 cm.

LEG

Climing with grasshopper in tree

S. ichneumoneus?

Vespa registrada na "Mata do Centro Olímpico" da UnB (APA do Lago Paranoá), forrageando entre as flores de Calea fruticosa (Asteraceae).

Ammophilini (Thread-waisted Sand Wasps). Photographed at Spitzkop Nature Reserve, South Africa on 3 February 2011.

Maybe 50 individuals next to the road over 10-20m.

Watch the video of this predation at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89IpXnI5-f8

Carrying a Katydid nymph

Strand-lined

similar to S. diabolicus but note golden hairs on rear legs

Captured for collection

Vespa registrada na "Matinha do Centro Olímpico" da UnB (APA do Lago Paranoá), enquanto visitava as flores de Calea fruticosa (Asteraceae).

Pulling another insect into its nest

El insecto volaba de una hierba a otra

Sphex ichneumoneus