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a Sphecid Wasp attacking a Common Conehead
Metallic blue. Might be either Chalybion californicum or Chlorion aerarium
Fast moving flying near the ground and landing repeatedly.
The Tread-Waisted Wasps, abdomen stalked at base. Common. Black or brown
long golden hairs all over face and thorax
Aproximatly 5 cm long, Mdetalic Green even in legs, this is a solitary wasp, ...
Relatively large for a wasp. Thin waist with mostly black and some yellow ...
Relatively compact body, short petiole, globose abdomen are all characteristics ...
Roughly 22-25 millimeters in body length, all black with violet reflections on ...
One of the 290 posible ssp in 82 genera of Sphecidae wasp from Costa Rica, This ...
A robust sphecid, frequent on flowers and ...
Sceliphron destillatorium multi-celled mud nest, spotted empty but still ...
All of these wasps are predatory, with prey ranging from spiders to ...
A member of the hunting wasps family (Sphecidae).
Mud daubers (family Sphecidae) are black in general with yellow stripes ...
Sceliphron caementarium can reach a length of 24–28 millimetres (0.94–1.10 in). ...
This is one of the FREAKIEST insects I have discovered. It was dusk, I thought ...
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Wasp, common name for this
This wasp was very busy getting in and out of a hole in the ground, Its wings ...
Very large, about the size of a tarantula hawk and often mistaken for one. ...
About 15mm long; mostly black with a few strong yellow markings and bands; ...
Black insect with yellow bands on thorax and legs. Length is about 10mm. Looks ...
About 20-22 millimeters in body length, all black with golden scales on face ...
Black and yellow mud dauber is a common name for the
-horned bees (Melissodes spp., Svastra spp.), Halictid bees,
cuckoo wasps sting, their stinger is very small. Cleptoparasitic species feed ...
quinquecinctum), Sphecid wasps, cuckoo ...
A small black wasp with a textured thorax and short antennae with creamy scape. ...
The trunk of a dead dried black wattle tree with borer holes. Most holes on the ...