Hymenoptera: Pompilidae

Turneromyia sp  

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Iron Range National Park, QLD (Sep, 2012)
Common Names
  • Spider Wasp

A spider-hunting wasp digs a burrow, which is bad news for a spider somewhere in the vicinity.

Before long, one will find itself paralysed and sealed in the hole with only an egg for company, an egg that will hatch into a very hungry little grub with a taste for spider.

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Turneromyia sp Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Turneromyia sp Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp) (Turneromyia sp)

Spider Wasp