Figures 1–4 in Nesting behavior of the spider wasp Calopompilus pyrrhomelas (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

Figures 1–4. Calopompilus pyrrhomelas (Pompilidae) and Calisoga longitarsis (Nemesiidae). Photographs © Kerry Blackwell. 1) Wasp extracted host spider from its open burrow and is searching for it on the ground surface. 2) Wasp caught the escaped spider, stung and paralyzed it, and is examining it as it lies ventral side upward on the ground. 3) Wasp dragged the immobilized spider next to its burrow entrance and is repositioning it with its abdomen beside the opening for ready entry. 4) Wasp walked away from the repositioned spider to groom and rest before returning to pull it inside and down its burrow.