New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Author Kurczewski, Frank E. Author West, Rick C. Author Waichert, Cecilia Author Kissane, Kelly C. Author Ubick, Darrell Author Pitts, James P. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-07 4891 1 1 112 journal article 9376 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1 8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511 1175-5326 4309249 6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B Episyron conterminus posterus (Fox) CA: Los Angeles County, Longbeach; 18 August 2015 ; jose_23109. Host: Araneus cf bispinosus (Keyserling) ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp attempted to drag the paralyzed orbweaver, dorsal side upward, on the ground then releasing her grasp with her mandibles (Jose_23109 2015). MEXICO : Campeche State , Calakmul Municipality, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve; 25 March 2020 ; J. Phangurha (Phangtastic_beasts). Host: Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch) (Tropical orbweaver) ( Araneidae ), subadult female. Several photos and short videos show the wasp excavating a ground chamber and grasping the paralyzed tropical orbweaver, dorsal side upward, by the left foreleg with her mandibles ( Phangurha 2020 ).