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2 0 Black and White Sand Wasp

Black and White Sand Wasp

by mary.gallo.mVirginia, USA

Black and white sand

1 0 Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp

by Brian MuñizPuerto Rico, Puerto Rico

seemed like males defending holes and

1 2 Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp

by DavidMroczkowskiChicago, Illinois, USA

There are 18 species of Bembix and they are

0 0 Sand wasp (female)

Sand wasp (female)

by BugEricCañon City, Colorado, USA

Roughly 14 millimeters in body length, colored as shown.

1 3 Thread-waisted Wasp

Thread-waisted Wasp

by gatorfellowsDenton, Texas, USA

This small, 0.5 in or 1.27 cm, wasp like ...

2 0 Sand wasp (male)

Sand wasp (male)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

About 20-24 millimeters in body length, colored as shown. Male

2 0 Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp

by Small WondersGrand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Sand

0 0 Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp

by Mary Henschel ChadseyFlorida, USA

yellow. The squared hind quarters of the thorax separates this genus from a ...

0 0 Sand wasp (female)

Sand wasp (female)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

About 8 millimeters or so in body length, colored as shown. Note eyes strongly ...

0 0 Velvet Ant / Wingless Wasp

Velvet Ant / Wingless Wasp

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Velvet Ant is not an ant, it is a Wingless

0 1 Sand-loving wasps (pair)

Sand-loving wasps (pair)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

About 12 millimeters in length, colored as shown. Normally very alert and ...

2 2 Sand wasp

Sand wasp

by JanelleL.StreedMinnesota, USA

What appeared to me to be a sand bee (?) ...

0 0 Sand wasps

Sand wasps

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

About 12-14 millimeters in body length, males slightly larger. Colored as ...

3 0 crabronid wasp

crabronid wasp

by BugEricPueblo, Colorado, USA

Small wasp, only 4-5 mm. Note hook on top ...

8 3 Spotting

Spotting

by VinnyNorthern Territory, Australia

What I thought was an Ant turned out to be a flightless

0 0 Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp

by Emma Tulare, California, USA

legs These solitary wasps are found in ...

2 1 Sphecidae

Sphecidae

by arlandaO Saviñao, Galicia, Spain

Sand

1 0 CommonThread-waisted Wasp

CommonThread-waisted Wasp

by JellisAlameda, California, USA

burrows that are packed sand. The ...

2 1 Sand Wasp; Avispa de la Arena

Sand Wasp; Avispa de la Arena

by arlandaComunidad de Madrid, Spain

Female. Large, black and yellow, ground ...

0 1 Pacific Red Velvet Ant

Pacific Red Velvet Ant

by LaurenZarateSanta Barbara, California, United States

Large Red Velvet Ant (Wingless Female

0 4 Sand Live Oak WASP GALL

Sand Live Oak WASP GALL

by KarenPuracanDeltona, Florida, USA

About 3/4" inch across , on a sand live ...

0 0 Cicada Killer Wasp

Cicada Killer Wasp

by CynthiaAdamsArizona, USA

Cicada Killer Wasps are about 1-1 1/2 ...

0 2 Flower Wasp - male

Flower Wasp - male

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A large black wasp about 35mm long with a ...

4 0 Cicada Killer Wasp (Cicada Hawk)

Cicada Killer Wasp (Cicada Hawk)

by Joseph R. GodreauAnn Arbor, Michigan, USA

Adult eastern cicada-killer wasps are ...

5 4 Zebra Spider Wasp

Zebra Spider Wasp

by CharliePriceTasmania, Australia

Really gorgeous looking wasp. 20mm in ...

0 0 European Beewolf

European Beewolf

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesSagunto/Sagunt, Comunidad Valenciana / Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Also known as a Bee Killer Wasp, the

2 0 Thread-waisted Wasp

Thread-waisted Wasp

by Elsa van EckPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

half of abdomen. Comb-like sand rakes on ...

1 0 Sand Wasp; Avispa de la Arena

Sand Wasp; Avispa de la Arena

by arlandaComunidad de Madrid, Spain

Ammophilinae. Medium-sized wasp of slender ...

5 12 Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp

by JemmaCalifornia, USA

. These are solitary wasps, the

0 4 Great Potter Wasp

Great Potter Wasp

by injicaCroatia

with reddish patches which are much more visible on

5 4 Great Golden Digger Wasp

Great Golden Digger Wasp

by Brian ParsonsOhio, USA

Medium-large wasp, Distinct orange and ...

2 4 Digger wasp, avispa excavadora

Digger wasp, avispa excavadora

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

is a lonely wasp that lives in areas with ...

0 0 Cicada Killer

Cicada Killer

by TamirDenton, Texas, USA

Cicada killers are large, solitary wasps in ...

3 2 Western Tiger Swallowtail

Western Tiger Swallowtail

by LeahFerneReedSacramento, California, USA

patrol canyons or hilltops for receptive

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