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PRONUNCIATION OF SPIDER-HUNTING WASP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIDER-HUNTING WASP

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Spider-Hunting wasp is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPIDER-HUNTING WASP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spider-hunting wasp in the English dictionary

The definition of spider-hunting wasp in the dictionary is any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIDER-HUNTING WASP

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spide
spider
spider crab
spider hole
spider mite
spider monkey
spider orchid
spider phaeton
spider plant
spider´s web
spiderish
spiderlike
spiderman
spidermen
spiderweb
spiderwood
spiderwork
spiderwort
spidery

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIDER-HUNTING WASP

digger wasp
European wasp
gall wasp
galliwasp
ichneumon wasp
mason wasp
potter wasp
ruby-tail wasp
sand wasp
sea wasp
wasp
wood wasp

Synonyms and antonyms of spider-hunting wasp in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «spider-hunting wasp» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of spider-hunting wasp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spider-hunting wasp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spider-hunting wasp» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜘蛛猎捕黄蜂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spider -hunting wasp
570 millions of speakers

English

spider-hunting wasp
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मकड़ी शिकार ततैया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دبور صيد العنكبوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паук - охоты осы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vespa caça- aranha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাকড়সা শিকার শিকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Spider- chasse guêpe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spider-hunting wasp
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spider- Jagd Wespe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クモ狩りハチを
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거미 사냥 벌 을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spider-hunting wasp
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ong nhện săn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிலந்தி வேட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळी-शिकार पकडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Örümcek avı arısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

- ragno caccia vespa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osa pająk - polowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

павук - полювання оси
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viespe - vânătoare păianjen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αράχνη κυνήγι σφήκα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Spider- jag perdeby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spindel - jakt geting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

edderkopp - jakt veps
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spider-hunting wasp

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIDER-HUNTING WASP»

The term «spider-hunting wasp» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIDER-HUNTING WASP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spider-hunting wasp

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIDER-HUNTING WASP»

Discover the use of spider-hunting wasp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spider-hunting wasp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Private Life of Spiders
Spider-hunting wasps When confronted with their arch enemy, the spider-hunting wasp (Pompilidae), many spiders seem to be almost defenceless. The largest spider-hunting wasps, the Tarantula Hawk Wasps, are the most impressive wasps ...
P. D. Hillyard, 2007
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Of the Desert
in. Tarantula hawk wasps have a sting that is as painful as an electric shock. T A spider-hunting wasp sometimes digs a hole in which to bury its paralyzed victim. Spider-hunting wasps are deadly to spiders but are not especially aggressive to ...
Helen Bateman, Jayne Denshire, 2005
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Lowland Grassland and Heathland Habitats
... Black-backed meadow ant Formica pratensis Red barbed ant Formica rufibarbis Bees and wasps Ruby-tailed wasp Chrysis fulgida Spider-hunting wasp Evagetes pectinipes Spider-hunting wasp Homonotus sanguinolentus Dry and sandy ...
Elizabeth Price, 2003
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... worm sexton beetle shield bug silverfish skin beetle slave-making ant snake fly snipe fly snow flea soldier beetle soldier fly Spanish fly spider beetle spider- hunting wasp spittlebug springtail spruce budworm squash bug stable fly stag beetle ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Handbook of Agricultural Entomology
... they have caught prey before excavating the soil, usually to create just one cell. Fig. 11.23 Spider-hunting wasp (Pompilidae) (from Lyneborg 1968, with permission). Family Scoliidae These wasps are also among the largest Hymenoptera.
Helmut van Emden, 2013
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Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden in Southern Africa
wagtails 77 warblers 16, 60 wasps 133 braconid wasp 134 mud-dauber wasp 134 paper wasp 76, 134, 134 parasitic wasps 131 spider-hunting wasp 134 water features 13, 54 water garden 66 plants for a water garden 67 where to create a ...
‎2005
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Insects and Spiders of the World
SEE ALSO Ant Bee Biological control Fig wasp Parasitic fly Spider-hunting wasp Velvet ant Wasp T Many parasitic wasps attack spiders. This spider has a parasitic wasp larva attached to its abdomen. The larva feeds on body fluids through a ...
Robert S. Anderson, Richard Beatty, Stuart Church, 2003
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Ant Lions, Wasps & Other Insects
SPIDER FOR DINNER Most wasp young, or larvae, eat the bodies of other animals. The adult spider-hunting wasp stings and paralyzes its victim. It then places the spider into a nest or cell, where its young will hatch and eat the victim alive.
Steve Parker, 2005
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Latin American Insects and Entomology
Biology of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) superbum (Hy- menoptera: Sphecidae), a spider-hunting wasp with extended guarding of the brood by males. Kans. Entomol. Soc. J. 57: 365-376. Fritz, M., and J. Genise. 1980. Nido de barro Sphecidae, ...
Charles Leonard Hogue, 1993
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Practical Entomologist
Small rows of mud nests are made together, and each is furnished with pollen and an egg- Above The ingenious spider hunting wasp {Anoplius infuscafus) outwits the spider and paralyzes it, prior to taking it away to furnish its nest, where it ...
Rick Imes, 1992

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIDER-HUNTING WASP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spider-hunting wasp is used in the context of the following news items.
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Heaven on earth in a world of insects
Although he had always been keen on studying beetles, he was later inspired to study Pompilidae - spider-hunting wasps - by a DSIR entomologist who had told ... «Otago Daily Times, Oct 14»
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Newfound Wasp Stacks Ant Skeletons in Its Home
The species behind the corpse houses was a spider-hunting wasp previously unknown to science. The findings were detailed today (July 2) in the open-access ... «Discovery News, Jul 14»
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Newly Discovered Wasp Literally Has Skeletons in Its Closet
A newly discovered wasp has been keeping a gruesome secret: It stuffs ant ... the corpse houses was a spider-hunting wasp previously unknown to science. «NBCNews.com, Jul 14»
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Wasps Find One Way to Support Humans
An Australian wasp provides an important service to humans, researchers report: It ... became interested in a closer study of spider-hunting wasps in Australia. «New York Times, Sep 12»
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Redback-spider-hunting wasp discovered
The redback (Latrodectus hasselti) had been thought to have very few predators - that was until a spider-hunting pompilid wasp (Aegenioideus nigricornis) was ... «Australian Geographic, Sep 12»
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Credit: Florian and Peter Irwin
Throughout Australia, a tiny wasp stings and paralyzes redback spiders before ... Agenioideus nigricornis, it's now known as the redback spider-hunting wasp. «LiveScience.com, Sep 12»
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PHOTOS: Spider-Killer Wasp, Eyeless Crustacean Found
March 9, 2009--This spider-hunting wasp is one of 19 new species recently found in Australia--most of them in Western Australia state, considered a "hotbed of ... «National Geographic, Mar 09»
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19 new species discovered and named in Western Australia
o The spider-hunting wasp Eremocurgus linnaei lurks in forests in southern WA where they hunt for and paralyse spiders to provide food for their developing ... «Wildlife Extra, Mar 09»
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New creepy crawlies named
Spider-hunting wasp Eremocurgus linnaei, which lurks in forests in southern WA where it hunts for and paralyses spiders to provide food for their developing ... «WA today, Feb 09»

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