red-legged spider wasp

(Auplopus mellipes)

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Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy


Conservation Status
IUCN Red List	not listed
NatureServe	not listed
Minnesota	not listed

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Description

Size

Total length: ¾″ to 1 7 ⁄16″ (20 to 36 mm)

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Habitat

Woodlands and houses

Biology

Season

Early May to October

Behavior

Life Cycle

Larva Food

Adult Food


Distribution
		Sources 27, 29, 30, 82, 83.
7/8/2025

Occurrence


Taxonomy
Order	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
Suborder	Apocrita (narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
Superfamily	Pompiloidea (spider wasps, velvet ants and allies)
Family	Pompilidae (spider wasps)
Subfamily	Pepsinae
Tribe	Ageniellini (mud-nesting spider wasps)
Genus	Auplopus

Subordinate Taxa
red-legged spider wasp (Auplopus mellipes mellipes) red-legged spider wasp (Auplopus mellipes meridianus) red-legged spider wasp (Auplopus mellipes variitarsatus)

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Common Names
red-legged spider wasp


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