-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)​

-Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)

-Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)

-Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants, and Allies (Superfamily Pompiloidea)

-Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae)

-Subfamily Pompilinae

Members of this subfamily are commonly known as spider wasps due to their specialized behavior of preying on spiders as part of their reproductive cycle. These wasps are solitary and are known for their agility, bold behavior, and unique parasitic interaction with spiders. Females actively hunt spiders, which they paralyze with a venomous sting. The immobilized spider is dragged to a prepared burrow or nest, where the wasp lays a single egg on the spider’s abdomen.