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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 » Poecilopompilus » Poecilopompilus algidus » Poecilopompilus algidus algidus
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Large Northern Pompilid - Poecilopompilus algidus - female
Copyright © 2021 Jonas Insinga

Large Northern Pompilid - Poecilopompilus algidus - Female
Rideout Road Trailhead, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 30, 2021
Size: 2.5 cm
While hiking, I saw a startlingly large pompilid wasp circling and investigating a patch of lowbush blueberries, Vaccinium angustifolium, where I found a rather large orb weaver had ended up stuck, paralyzed.
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 30 June, 2021 - 5:55pm
Last updated 30 January, 2022 - 10:04pm

Moved
Moved from Poecilopompilus algidus.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 30 January, 2022 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Jonas Insinga, 30 June, 2021 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Biagi, 30 June, 2021 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
The size estimate seems to be a little bit exaggerated. I filmed a few in this genus at about 13mm. Maybe yours are bigger.
Anoplius:
… Bob Biagi, 30 June, 2021 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

 
more like Poecilopompilus algidus
Oh, that Anoplius photo is one of mine from last year, but that was a much smaller insect that what I encountered today.

After poking around, it seems probable that what I encountered was a Poecilopompilus algidus. Note the reddish hue around the eyes and the anterior of the pronotum where there's a red spot.
… Jonas Insinga, 30 June, 2021 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
Yes, they are bigger and I see the red color now.
… Bob Biagi, 30 June, 2021 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
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… Jonas Insinga, 30 June, 2021 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

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