Size: 4 - 55mm
Identification: Active long, legged wasp, glossy blue or black bodies.
Some have yellow or orange markings.
Females run around the ground flicking and jerking their wings.
They live on nectar as adults and captured spiders as young.
Wings are black with an orange sheen.When the wasp larvae hatches it feeds on the still living spider, keeping the vital organs for last so that the spider can be a source of fresh food as long as possible
The female catches normaly Rain Spiders and takes them underground for the wasp larvae as it hatches it feeds on the still living spider, keeping the vital organs for last so that the spider can be a source of fresh food as long as possible