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Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland Diversity, identification, distribution BogDan WiśnioWski ojców national Park ojców, 2009. This book is a publication of
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 in six subfamilies.
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, [1] or pompilid wasps. [2] The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. [3]
An ethological study of Dichragenia pulchricoma (Arnold) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), a southern African spider-hunting wasp which builds a turreted subterranean nest. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 9: 187–214.
20 wrz 2024 · Family Pompilidae - Spider Wasps. Typically dark colored with smoky or yellowish wings; a few are brightly colored. Slender with long and spiny legs, hind femora typically extending beyond tip of abdomen. Wings not folded flat on top of abdomen.
Pompilidae. Solitary species known as spider, or spider-hunting, wasps. With their long legs they are usually seen making short rapid movements across bare ground and through short vegetation during warm, sunny weather. The female hunts for spiders as food for the larvae. See Day (1988) for details of prey.
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