Hunting wasps are members of various taxa of the insect order Hymenoptera. Their habits and affinities vary in many ways, but all practise parental care...

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...

The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior...

Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. Ammophila is a large and cosmopolitan genus, with over...

red-banded sand wasp, is a species of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the solitary hunting wasp family Sphecidae, also called digger wasps. Found across Eurasia...

Priocnemis monachus is a species of spider wasp endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the black hunting wasp or ngaro wīwī. It hunts large tunnelweb...

Agenioideus nigricornis, the redback spider-hunting wasp, is a species of spider wasp from the subfamily Pompilinae, found in Australia. It is a parasitoid...

Philanthus nasalis is a species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf") that is endemic to Contra Costa County, California. Krombein, Karl V. (1979). "Philanthidae"...

spiders can be attributed to spider-hunting wasps, especially Priocnemis monachus. These wasps are specialized for hunting large spiders, which they paralyze...

Episyron rufipes, the red-legged spider wasp, is a red and black or completely black spider-hunting wasp. 8–12.5 mm in length. Adults are mainly black...

spider-hunting wasp of the family Pompilidae. Batozonellus lacerticida can reach a length of about 14 millimetres (0.55 in). These spider hunting wasps have...

The bumblebeewolf (Philanthus bicinctus) is a species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf") of North America. It makes deep nests in soil. Males are territorial...

A sand wasp is a wasp of one of the following groups: Ammophila, a narrow-waisted genus of hunting wasps that often nests in sandy soil Bembicini, a tribe...

Philanthus crabroniformis is a species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf") of North America. The species primarily preys upon Halictidae. They nest in sandy...

shoreline are home to a number of bee and wasp species including the large eumenid caterpillar hunting wasp, Delta dimidiatipenne and the blue banded...

Philanthus politus is a white-striped species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf"). "Philanthus" (PDF), California Academy of Science, CAS, 2007-10-16 "Synonyms...

Hornets (insects in the genus Vespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to yellowjackets, their close relatives. Some...

Philanthus gloriosus is a species of bee-hunting wasp found west of the 100th meridian in North America, from Medicine Hat, Alberta south across the High...

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids...

Philanthus coarctatus raptor is a subspecies of bee-hunting wasp, or beewolf, from Algeria and other parts of Northern Africa. Khedher, Hassib Ben; Yildirim...

Philanthus multimaculatus is a species of bee-hunting wasp, or beewolf, found from British Columbia and Alberta south to Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi...

place of 20 contenders. This species is known as the black cockroach-hunting wasp or black cockroach hunter in English, and in Māori as ngaro wīwī (written...

as spiders, large species of hornets[broken anchor], and ants. Some hunting wasps, such as some species of Tachytes also paralyze some species of mantis...

prey for their larvae. They are the most primitive family of sphecoid hunting wasps. They tend to have elongated jaws, pronounced neck-like constrictions...

family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Like most of the...

heathland across most of Europe. A. viaticus is a large species of spider-hunting wasp and measures about 14 millimetres (0.55 in) in length. The head and thorax...

Philanthus gibbosus, the hump-backed beewolf, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread member of the genus in North America...

Philanthus coronatus is a species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf") of Europe and the Middle East, of which there are three known subspecies: P. coronatus...

Philanthus ventilabris is a species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf") found throughout North America. It is a solitary species. "Synonyms for "Philanthus...

Trypoxylon attenuatum is a species of spider hunting wasp exhibited to hunt L. sclopetarius. These wasps are normally found in Southern Europe and prey...