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Entypus unifasciatus
Entypus unifasciatus is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.
From the article Entypus unifasciatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and wings ranging from mostly orange to mostly black with an orange band near the apex.
Range & habitat
Entypus unifasciatus occurs from transcontinental North America, except in the northwest, to South America.
Wikipedia: “Range”
What it does
Female wasps paralyze large spiders and deposit them in burrows. The wasp lays a fertilized egg upon the spider; after hatching, the larva feeds on the living but paralyzed spider until maturing into a pupa that overwinters, and emerges as a winged adult next summer.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143299.