Figure 27 in Biology and ecology of a deep cave nesting spider wasp, Ageniella evansi Townes, (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), in Arizona

Figure 27. Compilation of photos from trials of female Ageniella evansi Townes, 1957 with Selenops sp. Latreille, 1819 spiders in the photo chamber in the Register Room of Arkenstone Cave in March of 1993. A, wasp and spider before contact; B, wasp has envenomated the spider and is removing its legs by grasping each femur near the femur-trochanter junction; C, wasp partaking of haemolymph at coxal stub after removal of a leg; D, female grasping a palp, which was not removed; E, wasp using her mandibles to 'bulldoze' removed legs out of the way; F, wasp turns the spider on its side and removes a leg by pulling parallel to the axis of the leg in an avulsive process while holding and pushing against the spider with her middle and front legs, respectively. Leg separates at the coxa-trochanter locus. Scale bars: 10 mm.