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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Tachypompilus » Rusty Spider Wasp (Tachypompilus ferrugineus) » Tachypompilus ferrugineus ferrugineus
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House guest - Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Copyright © 2016 Peter Homann

House guest - Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
June 16, 2016
Size: Length ≈20mm
Unwanted house guest - does this one sting?
06-20-2016: image replaced by a better one of the same individual.

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House guest - Tachypompilus ferrugineus House guest - Tachypompilus ferrugineus
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 17 June, 2016 - 11:54am
Last updated 25 July, 2021 - 7:15pm

Moved
Moved from Rusty Spider Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 25 July, 2021 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 June, 2016 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the prompt ID
I read up on Spider Wasps and learned that they sting when provoked, and that their sting is quite painful. Now I know!
… Peter Homann, 17 June, 2016 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
The key word is "provoked."
These are solitary wasps. They don't have a "hive" to defend, and are not territorial. To "provoke" one, you'd probably need to grab or step on it. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 June, 2016 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep
A few years back I used a tissue to rescue a wasp from indoors thinking it wouldn't sting me (I knew it wasn't a bee, hornet, or yellowjacket, so it's safe, right?). This was before I developed my interest in entomology so I didn't know any better but looking back I think it may have been one of these. Either that or a Sphecid or something. Come to think of I don't think this was it. But whatever. Point is, stinging wasps hurt if you bother them :)
… Aaron Hunt, 17 June, 2016 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Tachypompilus ferrugineus?
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… Aaron Hunt, 17 June, 2016 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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