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