David Element
Wildlife
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____________________________________________________________________________________________ Hymenoptera 4 - Spider-Hunting
Wasps
SPIDER-HUNTING WASP Priocnemis perturbator
SPIDER-HUNTING WASP Priocnemis perturbator
SPIDER-HUNTING
WASP Priocnemis perturbator
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The spider-hunting wasp Priocnemis
perturbator
has an association with Wood Spurge Euphorbia
amygdaloides and
the adults may be observed feeding on these plants in woodland clearings and
margins The larvae are each provisioned with a wolf or ground spider, these
being paralysed and then dragged back to the nest. The nesting biology of this
common insect is still poorly understood, meaning that there is still room for
original behavioural observations to be made.
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