Aculeata (Stinging Wasps)
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Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
(European Paper Wasp)
27 Feb 2026
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Scraping wood fibers from broom handle on porch
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Entered house, probably from the nest under the front porch. There are a few still hanging around even though the low temperatures are near freezing.
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
1 Sep 2024
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Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Prionyx sp.
7 Aug 2024
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On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Philanthus gibbosus
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
30 Jul 2024
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On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
30 Jul 2024
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On a piece of pineapple on the front porch
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
(Cutworm Wasps)
29 Jul 2024
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On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
29 Jul 2024
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On common yarrrow
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
(Cutworm Wasps)
28 Jul 2024
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On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ammophilini
27 Jul 2024
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On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
(Bald-faced Hornet)
26 Jul 2024
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Gathering wood fibers for the nest.
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)
3 Jul 2024
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Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
(Bald-faced Hornet)
25 Jun 2024
On spruce stump
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
(Shield-handed Wasps)
24 Jun 2024
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On Pacific Ninebark leaf
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Polistes aurifer
(Golden Paper Wasp)
(Golden Paper Wasp)
23 Jun 2024
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On Eriogonum heracleoides\r\n(Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Ancistrocerus sp.
23 Jun 2024
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On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Ancistrocerus sp.
18 Jun 2024
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On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
Subgenus Trypoxylon
26 Aug 2023
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From Malaise trap set on August 26-27, 2023.\r\n\r\n8 mm
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
(Bald-faced Hornet)
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap 26 Aug 23
16 mm
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
(Western Yellowjacket)
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.
15 mm
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
12 mm
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
(German Yellowjacket)
26 Aug 2023
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Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23. \r\n15 mm\r\n\r\nV. germanica?
Pompilinae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
10 mm
Pompilinae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
10 mm
Pompilinae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
6 mm
Pompilinae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
6 mm
Pompilinae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
5 mm
Pompilinae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap
6 mm
Pompilinae
1 Aug 2023
7 mm
Pompilinae
1 Aug 2023
8 mm
Pompilinae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap 8 June 2023.
7 mm
Pompilinae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise tra
6 mm
Pompilinae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap
7 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap
8 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap
9 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap
8 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap
8 mm
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
18 May 2023
On shed
~16 mm
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
(Western Yellowjacket)
1 May 2023
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Checking out our newspaper tube.
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
(European Paper Wasp)
29 Apr 2023
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Checking out an old barbeque for a nest site.
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
(Spider Wasps)
24 Jul 2022
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I watched this wasp dig a shallow nest in the sand. Then it immediately flew off and returned a few minutes later dragging a spider (Cat-faced Orbweaver?) back to her nest. Then she quickly covered up
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
30 Jun 2022
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These three have been at it for the last 15 minutes or so.
Trypoxylon sp.
24 Jun 2022
7 mm
Priocnemis oregona
13 mm\r\nI\'m not sure if I see the row of teeth on the hind tibia. But other than that, it looks like Priocnemis oregona to me.
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
(European Paper Wasp)
16 Mar 2022
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First one I\'ve seen this year.\n17 mm
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
(Shield-handed Wasps)
27 May 2020
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BugGuide: \"The male\'s front tibiae are greatly expanded into shields. He covers the female\'s eyes with those things during mating. The plates don\'t blind her, but apparently filter light in such a way that she recognizes this is a male of her own ...
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
8 Aug 2019
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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 ...
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
(Club-horned Wasps)
7 May 2019
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11 mm\r\nEntered an Osmia lignaria nest at bee hotel.
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
(Western Yellowjacket)
1 May 2019
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Spent the night in a bee hotel.\nHole size 14 mm,
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
(European Paper Wasp)
16 Mar 2019
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Backed out of drilled hole in spruce stump, 5C
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
18 Sep 2018
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Several of these grass-carrying wasp nests are in an old spruce stump in our yard.
Ectemnius sp.
15 Sep 2018
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These wasps flit about from hole to hole on a spruce stump, entering some and then leaving to inspect others.\r\n\r\nBugGuide ID
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
14 Sep 2018
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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.\r\nBugGuide ID\r\nBee\'s Needs Blog: Insects of the Week: genus Isodontia ...
Krombeinopyga pumila
28 Jul 2018
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Captured leaving trap nest at bee hotel. Cooled, photographed, and released.\r\n7 mm
Chrysis sp.
(Chrysis)
(Chrysis)
14 Jul 2018
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Captured on spruce stump, cooled and photographed. Length 9 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypargilum
Subgenus Trypargilum
14 Jul 2018
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Caught when leaving a hole in a spruce stump. It had briefly inspected several holes before entering the one in which it was caught. Cooled, photographed, and released. (Before I could get enough pictures!)
Ectemnius sp.
Subgenus Hypocrabro
Subgenus Hypocrabro
5 Jul 2018
12 mm
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
4 Jul 2018
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Caught returning to next in a rotting log. It had a small insect in its mouth. (See previous observation.)
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
19 Jun 2018
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https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matthias22: Stenodynerus or Parancistrocerus
Psenini
15 Jun 2018
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~12 mm
Entered hole in an old log. Captured as it was leaving. Cooled and photographed.
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
11 Jun 2018
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mattias22: Stenodynerus or Parancistrocerus
Polochrum sp.
22 May 2018
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Hanging out on an old spruce stump entering blue orchard bee nest holes
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
(Cutworm Wasps)
2 May 2018
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I watched this wasp moving the caterpillar, taking occasional breaks, maybe to find a place to dig its nest. (Bug Eric says cutworm wasps paralyze their prey and then dig a burrow to bury it in.) When I came back an hour or so later, the caterpillar ...
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
12 Oct 2016
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matthias22: Stenodynerus or Parancistrocerus
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
2 Oct 2016
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On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
(Spider Wasps)
2 Oct 2016
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Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
(European Paper Wasp)
2 Oct 2016
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Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
24 Sep 2016
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On parsley flowers in the garden.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
(German Yellowjacket)
21 Sep 2016
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Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Ancistrocerus sp.
5 Sep 2016
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Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
14 Aug 2016
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Appears to be nesting in a hole bored into an old log.
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
(Bald-faced Hornet)
6 Jul 2016
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This is the first observation from the yard!
I hope to find and identify as many species as possible on our little quarter-acre lot.
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