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pompilid

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pompilid [ˈpɒmpɪlɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the spider-hunting wasp
[from New Latin pompilus, from Greek pompilos a fish that accompanies ships, from pempein to send, escort]
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Hemipepsis ustulata is the most common, large, pompilid tarantula hawk along the river (L.
Foraging ecology of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) along the ... by Stevens, Lawrence E.; Brown, Bryan T.; Rowell, Kirsten / Southwestern Naturalist
Pompilid wasps are characterized by the following behavioral traits (Evans & Eberhard 1970): (1) utilization of spiders as a food source (host) for larvae; (2) each wasp larva is provided with a single paralyzed host; (3) paralyzed hosts are dragged backwards by the female wasp over the ground surface and placed in the nest (burrow) where a single egg is deposited on the abdomen of the spider; (4) the abdomen of the wasp is used to compress the soil in the closure of the nest entrance.
The effect of encounter experience on hunting behavior in the spider ... by Punzo, Fred / The Texas Journal of Science
 
 
 
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