Spider Wasp: Aporus Genus

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Aporus are one of approximately three dozen different genera in the spider wasp family, Pompilidae.

Their dark or black body is not unlike many other different wasp species, so the easiest way to identify one is by finding it chasing and capturing a spider, like the one in the top picture.

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