Arachnospila consobrina
# Arachnospila consobrina

Arachnospila consobrina is a little-known Palaearctic spider wasp.

## Description

Like other members of the sub-genus Ammosphex this is a medium-sized red and black spider wasp. The males have a quite distinctive genital plate, but females are very similar to related species such as A. anceps and A.trivialis but can be identified by their relatively hairier head.

## Distribution

Northern and central Europe, marginally in southern Britain, and also Africa and Asia.

## Biology

A consobrina is single brooded, flying in July and August. The only observation of A. consobrina with prey concerns a female found under a stone near Constantinople carrying a Segestria florentina which was reported in Fahringer. The nesting biology of A. consobrina is almost completely unknown, but like other Arachnospila species in the sub-genus Ammosphex it is adapted to digging in loose sandy soils.

