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Potter Wasps use mud to form little brood ...
The nests of most true paper wasps are characterized by having open combs with ...
, perhaps stuffing them with caterpillars or some such food for their larvae. ...
day. The nests of most true paper wasps are characterized by having open combs ...
Females build their pipe-shaped brood nests ...
day. The nests of most true paper wasps are characterized by having open ...
caterpillars are paralyzed with the wasp's sting and piled into the
long tunnels, lined with salivary gland secretions to keep them from ...
that makes nests in reeds and natural holes, creating individual
that makes nests in reeds and natural holes, creating individual
seeks out the burrow nests of the blue-banded bee, and lays an egg into a ...
Males and females differ. Male upperside is brown with angular white
Covered by furry hair in black and blue colours, head pail blue, as well as ...
Covered by furry hair in black and blue colours, head pail blue, as well as ...
I think an animal dug up the nest and spread it around on the ground. Several ...
The nest may have one to multiple individual
This ‘Potter Wasp’ had constructed its nest (pot-shaped structure) in the “back ...
Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, ...
long tunnels, lined with salivary gland secretions to keep them from ...
litter. Like any good homebuilder, the female waterproofs the walls of her ...
litter. Like any good homebuilder, the female waterproofs the walls of her ...
This Paper Wasp's coloration is a deep reddish-brown with black lines on the ...
I could not resist this shot of a honey bee enjoying the pollen in a buttercup.
nests made of a papery material. The nests consist of a single upside-down ...
Carpenter bees (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large bees ...
-resistant nests made of gray or brown papery material. The nests are ...
Photo take at my backyard big wasp flying around a acacia tree flowers about 4 ...
Paper wasps are 0.7 to 1.0 inch (1.8 to 2.5 cm)-long wasps that gather fibers ...
. The tunnel functions as a nursery for
The nests of most true paper wasps are characterized by having open combs with ...
Isodontia apicalis. They are also known as bird-nest wasps, due to the type of ...
Small carpenter bees are black, bluish green, or blue, and often have yellowish ...