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Pompilidae are
commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or
pompilid wasps. The
family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000
species in six subfamilies...
- paralysed,
being dragged by a
large wasp
called a
Pompilid wasp.
Sometimes the wasp will not be present.
Pompilid wasps only hunt spiders,
which they paralyse...
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common name and
found in the same locale. The
spider escapes parasitic pompilid wasps by
flipping onto its side and
cartwheeling down sand
dunes at speeds...
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being dragged by a
large wasp
called a
pompilid or
spider wasp. Sometimes, the wasp is not present.
Pompilid wasps only hunt spiders,
which they paralyse...
- paralysed,
being dragged by a
large wasp
called a
Pompilid wasp.
Sometimes the wasp will not be present.
Pompilid wasps only hunt spiders,
which they paralyse...
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Dipogon variegatus is a
pompilid spider wasp in the
subfamily Pepsinae from the Palearctic.
Dipogon variegatus can
reach a body
length of
about 5–10 mm...
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widespread in
western and
central Europe. It has been
recorded as prey for the
pompilid wasp. Male
Trochosa terricola are 7–9 mm in
length while females are 7–14 mm...
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Epipompilus aztecus is a
Neotropical spider wasp
belonging to the
Pompilid subfamily Ctenocerinae. The wasp is
black and
reddish brown in color. The distribution...
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Deuteragenia ossarium, the bone-house wasp, is a
species of
pompilid wasp
discovered in
southeast China in 2014. It was
named after graveyard bone-houses...
- sanguinolentus, the
bloody spider-hunting wasp is a
European species of
Pompilid wasp.
Homonotus sanguinolentus preys on one
species of spider, Cheiracanthium...
