Entypus unifasciatus

Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and wings ranging from mostly orange to mostly black with an orange band near the apex.

Entypus unifasciatus occurs from transcontinental North America, except in the northwest, to South America.

Female wasps paralyze large spiders and deposit them in burrows. The wasp lays a fertilized egg upon the spider; after hatching, the larva feeds on the living but paralyzed spider until maturing into a pupa that overwinters, and emerges as a winged adult next summer.

Entypus unifasciatus contains the following subspecies:

• Entypus unifasciatus californicus (Townes, 1957)
• Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks, 1929)
• Entypus unifasciatus dumosus (Spinola, 1851)
• Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus (Say, 1828)

Entypus unifasciatus californicus (153041622).jpg|Entypus unifasciatus californicus

Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (233225264).jpg|Entypus unifasciatus cressoni

Entypus unifasciatus dumosus (167584841).jpg|Entypus unifasciatus dumosus

Spider Wasp - Entypus unifasciatus, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg|Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus

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Category:Pompilidae

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