#3604 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Red-legged Spider Wasp
🇳🇱 Roodpotige kruisspinnendoder ·Episyron rufipes
🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Callantsoog, Netherlands
📍 3206 SH Spijkenisse, Nederland
📍 3768 Soest, Nederland
📍 Callantsoog, Netherlands
📍 Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, Zandvoort, North Holland, NL
📍 Wervershoof, Netherlands
📍 Strand en Duin, Hoek van Holland, Nederland
📍 3768 Soest, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Иван Пристрем · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Callantsoog, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 3206 SH Spijkenisse, Nederland:© Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 3768 Soest, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. Callantsoog, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, Zandvoort, North Holland, NL:© Katharine Khamhaengwong · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Wervershoof, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Strand en Duin, Hoek van Holland, Nederland:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3768 Soest, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Episyron rufipes , the red-legged spider wasp , is a red and black or completely black spider-hunting wasp.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 34 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 831 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red-legged Spider Wasp
- Nederlands
- Roodpotige kruisspinnendoder
- scientific name
- Episyron rufipes
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Pompilidae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 34
- sightings in Europe
- 622
- sightings worldwide
- 831
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,234
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Pompilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325990, Wikidata Q2168123, GBIF 4505244, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.