Andy Sands / Spider hunting wasp (Auplopus carbonarius) carrying paralysed spider, Surrey, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Spider hunting wasp (Auplopus carbonarius) collecting nesting material by exuding saliva onto soil and collecting it up as a damp ball, London, England, UK

Andy Sands / Spider hunting wasp (Auplopus carbonarius), a rare species confined to southern England, removing legs from sac spider (Clubionidae sp) West Sussex, England, UK.

Jiri Lochman / Spider hunter wasp (Auplopus sp.) female, portrait, Lake Leschenaultia Reserve, Darling Range, Western Australia. (Pompilidae)

Jiri Lochman / Spider hunter wasp (Auplopus sp.) female, excavating nest in hard, gravelly ground, Lake Leschenaultia Reserve, Darling Range, Western Australia. (Pompilidae)