Trypoxylon figulus

Trypoxylon figulus

Trypoxylon figulus is a wasp in the Crabronidae family. All Trypoxylon species that have been studied so far are active hunters of spiders, which they paralyse with a venomous sting, to provide as food to their developing larvae.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyCrabronidae
GenusTrypoxylon
SpeciesTrypoxylon figulus
Photographed in
Netherlands