Poecilopompilus interruptus

A highly variable spider wasp, which is 13 mm in length. P. interruptus has long orange antennae, bold rufous-brown and yellow bands on the mesosoma with yellow and brown markings on the thorax. Its legs are brown and yellow and the wasp's wings are brown. The amount of red, brown and yellow markings shows great individual variation. The antennae of males are straight or gently curved while females have antennae that curl at the ends.^[3] Poecilopompilus wasps may be a Müllerian mimics^[4] of various wasp species and this species appears to mimic paper wasps of the genus Polistes.^[3] To distinguish this species from P. algidus the observer needs to examine the spines on the front tarsi of females and the inner margin of the eyes, P. interruptus females have four weak spines on the front tarsi in females and parallel inner eye margins while P. algidus has three strong spines and shows convergent inner eye margins.^[4]