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a species I got to know well last year
Sphodrotes. This male is displaying the behaviour typical of the species: perched atop a low plant; antennae waving; turning this way and that; attentive to all comers – females, rivals and threats. Female Sphodrotes stock their underground nests with paralysed shield bugs.
[to read more, see my 2020 blog “More wasp diggings” – link]