Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species...
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Hunting wasps are members of various taxa of the insect order Hymenoptera. Their habits and affinities vary in many ways, but all practise parental care...
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Klinkenborg. The Hunting Wasp. London: Collins, 1948. OCLC 557922756. The Hunting Wasp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. OCLC 1007486683. The Hunting Wasp. New York:...
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Ammophila rubripes is a species of hunting wasp found throughout Africa and the Middle-East. Ammophila rubripes is mostly variable reddish-brown in color...
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Priocnemis monachus is a species of spider wasp endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the black hunting wasp or ngaro wīwī. It hunts large tunnelweb...
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The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior...
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shoreline are home to a number of bee and wasp species including the large eumenid caterpillar hunting wasp, Delta dimidiatipenne and the blue banded...
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Ammophila sabulosa (redirect from Red-banded sand wasp)
red-banded sand wasp, is a species of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the solitary hunting wasp family Sphecidae, also called digger wasps. Found across Eurasia...
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spiders can be attributed to spider-hunting wasps, especially Priocnemis monachus. These wasps are specialized for hunting large spiders, which they paralyze...
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family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Like most of the...
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Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. Ammophila is a large and cosmopolitan genus, with over...
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Episyron rufipes (category Wasps described in 1758)
Episyron rufipes, the red-legged spider wasp, is a red and black or completely black spider-hunting wasp. 8–12.5 mm in length. Adults are mainly black...
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Agenioideus nigricornis (redirect from Redback spider-hunting wasp)
Agenioideus nigricornis, the redback spider-hunting wasp, is a species of spider wasp from the subfamily Pompilinae, found in Australia. It is a parasitoid...
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although many other Pepsis approach a similar size. The giant scarab-hunting wasp Megascolia procer may rival the largest tarantula hawks in weight and...
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A sand wasp is a wasp of one of the following groups: Ammophila, a narrow-waisted genus of hunting wasps that often nests in sandy soil Bembicini, a tribe...
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Ampulicidae (redirect from Cockroach wasp)
prey for their larvae. They are the most primitive family of sphecoid hunting wasps. They tend to have elongated jaws, pronounced neck-like constrictions...
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Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids...
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Sanskrit minor poem Bumble (disambiguation) Bumblebeewolf, a species of bee-hunting wasp Buhmble Bee, a member of Nemesis (rap crew) Dumbledor (disambiguation)...
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Episyron quinquenotatus, the white-trimmed black wasp, is a North American species of pompilid spider hunting wasp. The body length is approximately 10 mm. The...
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spider-hunting wasp of the family Pompilidae. Batozonellus lacerticida can reach a length of about 14 millimetres (0.55 in). These spider hunting wasps have...
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Mantis (section Diet and hunting)
as spiders, large species of hornets,[broken anchor] and ants. Some hunting wasps, such as some species of Tachytes also paralyze some species of mantis...
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encryption algorithm used in Terrestrial Trunked Radio Tea (wasp), a genus of spider hunting wasps TEA (text editor) (Text Editor of the Atomic Era) 453 Tea...
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Series The Americas Heads NBC Midseason Slate Alongside Destination X & The Hunting Party". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 24, 2025. "Three New Series...
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Philanthus politus is a white-striped species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf"). "Philanthus" (PDF), California Academy of Science, CAS, 2007-10-16 "Synonyms...
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Batozonellus is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae). The species of the genus Batozonellus range from large...
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Hornet (redirect from Vespa (wasp))
Hornets (insects in the genus Vespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to yellowjackets, their close relatives. Some...
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Homonotus sanguinolentus, the bloody spider-hunting wasp is a European species of Pompilid wasp. Homonotus sanguinolentus preys on one species of spider...
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Anoplius viaticus (redirect from Black-banded spider wasp)
heathland across most of Europe. A. viaticus is a large species of spider-hunting wasp and measures about 14 millimetres (0.55 in) in length. The head and thorax...
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Philanthus coarctatus raptor is a subspecies of bee-hunting wasp, or beewolf, from Algeria and other parts of Northern Africa. Khedher, Hassib Ben; Yildirim...
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Philanthus gibbosus, the hump-backed beewolf, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread member of the genus in North America...
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