"Pompilidae"

#12483561

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483563

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483565

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483567

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483568

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483571

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#8689150

19 August 2022

Black Spider Wasp (Priocnemis cornica) eating a Northern Yellow Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 19, 2022.

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#8689154

19 August 2022

Black Spider Wasp (Priocnemis cornica) eating a Northern Yellow Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 19, 2022.

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#8689158

19 August 2022

Black Spider Wasp (Priocnemis cornica) eating a Northern Yellow Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 19, 2022.

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#8689164

19 August 2022

Black Spider Wasp (Priocnemis cornica) eating a Northern Yellow Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 19, 2022.

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