Bug FAQDipogon sayi
Dipogon sayi · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Pompilidae
Dipogon sayi is a small spider wasp with a black, slender body and long legs. Its clear wings have two dark bands, the one near the thorax is thinner than the one near the tip. It lives in wooded areas, nesting in stems, twigs, logs, trunks and branches, and hunts common spiders for food.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The wings are clear with two dark bands; the band closest to the thorax is thinner than the one near the wingtip.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
It is among the smaller spider wasps.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It preys on most common species of spiders. It rarely visits flowers, but has been recorded on Queen Anne's Lace.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 24 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alaska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
Where does Dipogon sayi live?
It lives in wooded areas, nesting in stems, twigs, logs, trunks and branches.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Pompilidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuteragenia_sayi
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