Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
This observation is of the egg that was placed by a cutworm wasp on the caterpillar.
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
I watched this wasp dig a nest for a half hour or so. \r\n\r\nAfter 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.\r\n\r\nThe wasp carried h ...
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
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.
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Prionyx sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ammophilini
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
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)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
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)
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)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
18 mm
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 ...
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.
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.\r\nBugGuide ID\r\nBee\'s Needs Blog: Insects of the Week: genus Isodontia ...
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
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)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)