General Description

Body orange and black. Wings yellow-orange with black tips. Long, narrow legs. Body up to 4 cm long.

Biology

Spider Hunting Wasps are active during summer. They run about searching for spiders, often huntsmen, which they sting and paralyse before dragging the prey into a burrow. An egg is laid on the spider and the burrow sealed closed, leaving the wasp larva to feed on the live spider. The adult feeds on nectar and other sweet fluids.

Distribution

Western and eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Habitat

Urban areas, forests and woodlands, wetlands and heaths.

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