Size
12-15 mm, males usually significantly smaller.
Habitat
Psammophilous. Found in sandy soils with scattered vegetation.
Season
Mid- to late season. Usually found from late June through September.
Food
Occasionally visits flowers. Females provision nest cells with an Araneid, Clubionid, Lycosid, Oxyopid, Salticid, or Thomisid spider.
Life Cycle
One generation per year in the north.
See Also
Other species in the genus Sericopompilus.
Print References
Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe pompilini, Part II. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc., 76: 207-361. (description, keys, biology).
Krombein, K.V. 1979. Pompilidae, p. 1548. In Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, Jr., D.R. Smith, and B.D. Burks, eds. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2 Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.
