Hymenoptera: Pompilidae

Heterodontonyx bicolor  

Spider Hunting Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Wilsons Prom National Park, VIC (Feb, 2013)

The wasp has two large complex eyes, one on each side of the head, and three small simple eyes, called ocelli, on top of the head.

Spider Hunting Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor)

Spider Hunting Wasp

Spider Hunting Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor)

Emerging from a hole.

Spider Hunting Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor)

Spider Hunting Wasp

Spider Hunting Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor)

Spider Hunting Wasp

Spider Hunting Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor)

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