Spotted Spider Wasp
S2, posterior		Ellura
Red-antennae Spotted Spider Wasp
S1, Female, profile		 
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Red-antennae Spotted Spider Wasp (Calopompilus sp ES02)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Wasp: Pompilidae: Pepsini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Red-antennae Spotted Spider Wasp (Calopompilus sp ES02)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Female, dorsal🔎
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long
Female (10 flagellomeres)
Red antennae, front tarsi, front tibia & leg joints.
It doesn't fit any of the currently described species.
Copyright © 2020-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 14-Oct-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.