These Elegant Grass-carrying wasps often nest in holes in the spruce stump. It's fun to watch them carry grass to the holes.
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Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Isodontia sp.
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)
Taxonomy
Subclass:
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Suborder:
Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
Infraorder:
Aculeata (Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily:
Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps)
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