Apoid Wasps (Non-bee Apoidea)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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 ...
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 ...
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.)
Psenini
15 Jun 2018
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~12 mm
Entered hole in an old log. Captured as it was leaving. Cooled and photographed.
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 ...
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.
Families
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