<em>Hymenoepimecis Bicolor</em> Consuming <em>Nephila clavipes</em> (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

<em>Hymenoepimecis Bicolor</em> Consuming <em>Nephila clavipes</em>

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Now fully developed, the wasp larva proceeds to eat its host spider.

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Marcelo O. Gonzaga

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