Scientific Name: Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Family: Pompilidae
Native Range: North, Central, and South America, Pennsylvania*
Size: 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in)*
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Color and Appearance: “A mostly reddish-brown wasp, with four narrow dark bands circling the abdomen, and with violet-blue wings.”*
Rusty spider wasps prey on spiders, especially wolf spiders.*
*From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachypompilus_ferrugineus)
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