Pompilidae – Auplopus sp. No. 1 – Spider Hunter Wasp

Order Hymenoptera; Superfamily Vespoidea; Family Pompilidae (Spider Hunter Wasps); Provisional scientific name:  Auplopus sp. (NSW-Kosciuszko NP);

Common name: Spider Hunter Wasp – Female transporting a spider to the nest where it will be used as food by the wasp larva; the Auplopus species females typically amputate legs of the caught spiders - Distribution in Australia: New South Wales – Photographed: in November, in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales.