Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Prionyx sp.
On winter savory flowers
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Prionyx sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ammophilini
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Nesting again in the spruce stump
Sceliphron caementarium
(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)
On east side of house. Searching for a place to make a nest maybe?
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
On Golden Currant flowers
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On wall of front garden.
I've seen quite of few of these this year, though not as many as previous summers.
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
In raspberry patch
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
On Goldenrod flowers
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On a Dandelion flower
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On a Dandelion flower
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Bringing grass to the nest on the spruce stump
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
~17 mm
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
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 n ...
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
25 mm
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Several of these grass-carrying wasp nests are in an old spruce stump in our yard.
Here is what the nest looks like when completed.
Isodontia elegans
(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
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Nesting at spruce stump
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Digging a nest in my sand garden
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
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 ...
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)