Tarantula hawk spider wasp, Pepsis stellata 1, Australian flower wasp, Thynnus variablis, male 2, female 3, red velvet ant, Mutilla coccinea 4, garden solitary wasp, Scolia hortorum 5. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.

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