Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
The Aphid wasps have found a new place to nest in the yard. For many years they nested in a brush pile on the north side of the house. Now it's in an old woodpile by the compost. There are dozens of holes with lots of sawdust on the ground to mark th ...
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
These three have been at it for the last 15 minutes or so.
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Passaloecus sp.
(Picket-boring Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Caught returning to next in a rotting log. It had a small insect in its mouth.
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Psenini
~12 mm
Entered hole in an old log. Captured as it was leaving. Cooled and photographed.
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
12 mm
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
12 mm, around brush pile
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Appears to be nesting in a hole bored into an old log.
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)
Family:
Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies)
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