Black-headed Orange Spider Wasp
Female, dorsal
Black-headed Orange Spider Wasp
Female, Two-toned Face
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| Black-headed Orange Spider Wasp Female, dorsal | | Black-headed Orange Spider Wasp Female, Two-toned Face | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Wasp: Pompilidae: Pepsini) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Black-headed Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus sp ES02)| This Photo: | Female, profile | Thank you Sam Gordon for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere Being ~23mm long, ~35mm wingspan, this specimen was on the smaller side, but not the smallest Cryptocheilus we found. But it is the blackest. With less orange than the other three. It is also the hairiest, both covered in very short golden hair, as well as haveing some very long rows of hair around it's head & shoulders. Note the wings have a black band near the body and the head is mainly black, except for an orange stripe along the lower part of it's face (on the "clypeus"). The upper part of the face (the "frons") is not only black, but also covered in the short golden hair; like much of it's body. This specimen also has the dark wing tips.
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