Pompilidae – Cryptocheilus bicolor – Spider Hunter Wasp

Order Hymenoptera; Superfamily Vespoidea; Family Pompilidae (Spider Hunter Wasps); Scientific name: Cryptocheilus bicolor;

Common name: Spider Hunter Wasp – Transporting a Huntsman Spider Isopeda leishmanni to the nest where it will be used as food by the wasp larva - Distribution in Australia: present in Tasmania and all mainland states - Distribution outside Australia: southern Papua New Guinea – Photographed: in February, in Mount Kaputar NP, New South Wales.