BUGS FOR THE AMATEUR
BUGS FOR THE AMATEUR
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| Pompilinae: Leptodialepis bipartitus Lepeletier, 1845 |
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Ng Tung Chai, July 2008. A female foraging on flowers of Musa paradisiaca (banana). L. bipartitus is the largest Pompilidae in HK reaching sometimes impressive dimensions of up to 50mm in lenght.
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July 2006, Sai Kung Country Park. A female dragging its paralysed prey. She will soon burry it in a shallow excavation, lay one egg and close the cavity. All Pompilid provision a single prey per cell.
