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Bloody Spider-hunting Wasp

Homonotus sanguinolentus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Homonotus sanguinolentus, the bloody spider-hunting wasp is a European species of Pompilid wasp. Biology Homonotus sanguinolentus preys on one species of spider, Cheiracanthium erraticum, which lives on the damper patches of heathlands. From late June until August the female spider spins a purse-like web using vegetation such as heather inflorescences and grass flowering stems.

Distribution

Petra Fleurbaaij · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 7Germany · 3France · 2