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Wonderful World of Wasps

Exhibition Iziko South African Museum

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

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A large Spider-hunting wasp Batozonellus fuliginosus (Pompilidae) feeding on nectar from Euphorbia flowers. Adult wasps feed on nectar for their energy requirements. She hunts orb-web spiders, capturing the spider in its web, to provision her nest with.

Photograph © Duncan Butchart


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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