Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
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Podalonia sp.
This observation is of the egg that was placed by a cutworm wasp on the caterpillar.
Podalonia sp.
I watched this wasp dig a nest for a half hour or so.
After completing the nest, she retrieved a cutworm that she had previously paralyzed and cached several cm above the ground on a plant stem 2.5 m from the burrow.
The wasp carried h ...
After completing the nest, she retrieved a cutworm that she had previously paralyzed and cached several cm above the ground on a plant stem 2.5 m from the burrow.
The wasp carried h ...
Podalonia sp.
I watched this wasp dig a burrow, drag a caterpillar to and into the nest, and then cover up the nest so it was completely invisible. The entire process lasted about an hour.
Prionyx sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ammophilini
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
19 Jul 2024
Flitting about on the parsley flowers. Hunting for spiders?
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Ammophila sp.
This wasp spent ten minutes or so digging a burrow in the sand. Then she spent a minute or two covering the entrance with large boulders (some with diameters greater than t the length of her thorax). After she was finished there was no trace of her ...
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
25 mm
Isodontia sp.
Several of these grass-carrying wasp nests are in an old spruce stump in our yard.
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Several of these have nested in on old spruce stump. I\'ve seen them carrying grass to nest holes. There are six completed nests with grass sticking out of holes.
BugGuide ID
Bee\'s Needs Blog: Insects of the Week: genus Isodontia ...
BugGuide ID
Bee\'s Needs Blog: Insects of the Week: genus Isodontia ...
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Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies)
Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps)
Family: Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
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Subfamily: Ammophilinae
Subfamily: Sphecinae
Subfamily: Sceliphrinae (Mud-dauber Wasps and Allies)