Red-legged Spider Wasp

Episyron rufipes, the red-legged spider wasp, is a red and black or completely black spider-hunting wasp.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Red-legged Spider Wasp being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Episyron albonotatum
• Cryptocheilus versicolor
• Agenioideus cinctellus
• Agenioideus nubecula
• Episyron arrogans
• Cryptocheilus variabilis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Episyron

Species

Episyron rufipes

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