[NatureNS] Spider Wasps?

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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:31:35 -0300
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Nancy, Your photo looks to me like a Neuropteran of some kind or  
"fish fly" or "alder fly", and not a wasp.  If I am right, the larvae  
are aquatic, and the adults may have just emerged from a lake or  
pond?  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.

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> From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
> Date: June 14, 2014 6:23:26 PM ADT
> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Spider Wasps?
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> There was a steady stream of these dark wasps lazily whirring along  
> and colliding with me, the rocks, the ground or anything else that  
> so happened to be in their flight path. "Drowsy" would be an apt  
> description of their behaviour:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14227346768/
>
> If I have them IDed correctly as Spider Wasps (do I?) it is hard to  
> believe that such a seemingly torpid insect could catch a spider.
>
> Thanks, Nancy
>
>


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Nancy, Your photo looks to me like a Neuropteran of some kind or "fish =
fly" or "alder fly", and not a wasp. &nbsp;If I am right, the larvae are =
aquatic, and the adults may have just emerged from a lake or pond? =
&nbsp;Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded =
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margin-left: 0px; ">There was a steady stream of these dark wasps lazily =
whirring along and colliding with me, the rocks, the ground or anything =
else that so happened to be in their flight path. "Drowsy" would be an =
apt description of their behaviour:</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a =
href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14227346768/">https://w=
ww.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14227346768/</a></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If I =
have them IDed correctly as Spider Wasps (do I?) it is hard to believe =
that such a seemingly torpid insect could catch a spider.<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks, =
Nancy</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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