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  2. Argiope bruennichi - Wikipedia

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    During the summer of 2006, research found that there had been an influx of wasp spiders in the UK. [5] The colouration of this population is similar, although the yellow stripes are more cream-coloured. Besides the nominate subspecies, there is one subspecies currently recognized: Argiope bruennichi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910 (Portugal)

  3. Spider wasp - Wikipedia

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    The female wasp may then engage in spreading soil or other changes to the area, leaving the nest site inconspicuous. One species of spider wasp protects its nests by putting dead ants into the outermost chamber, where the ants' chemicals deter predators. [16] [17] Wasp dragging a spider to its nest

  4. Argiope (spider) - Wikipedia

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    Argiope bruennichi is commonly known as the wasp spider. In Australia , Argiope keyserlingi and Argiope aetherea are known as St Andrew's cross spiders , for their habit of resting in the web with paired legs outstretched in the shape of an X and mirroring the large white web decoration (the cross of St. Andrew [ 2 ] having the same form).

  5. Pompiloidea - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, ... an identification guide to families. Agriculture ...

  6. Heterodontonyx bicolor - Wikipedia

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    This wasp is a predator of the huntsman spiders in the genera Heteropoda and Isopeda (family Sparassidae) and wolf spiders in the genus Lycosa . [3] As with other Pompilidae, the female paralyses the spider by stinging it in its underside. The prey is then dragged to a burrow, dug by the female using shovel-like hairs on its front legs.

  7. Ceropales bipunctata - Wikipedia

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    Ceropales bipunctata, the Two-Speckled Cuckoo Spider Wasp, is a species of diurnal, kleptoparasitic spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. [2] It is an obligate kleptoparasite, meaning that it must rely on the captured provisions of other spider wasps and cannot capture its own.

  8. Royal Entomological Society Handbooks - Wikipedia

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    Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.

  9. External morphology of adult Chalcidoidea - Wikipedia

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    Chalcidoid wasps are small wasps (most within the range 0.5–5 mm). However the group does include the smallest known insect (Dicopomorpha echmepterygis males have a body length of 0.14–0.24 mm); the largest chalcidoids include Leucospis gigas with a body length of up to 21 mm [2] and Doddifoenus wallacei with a body length of up to 19.6 mm. [3]