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Observed visiting my backyard swamp milkweed blooms.
Flying, digging, pulling & dragging mulch
Large orange and black wasp feeding on flowers
A robust sphecid, frequent on flowers and very active. Head and thorax have ...
Same size and shape as a normal paper wasp but the head and thorax have a ...
This huge wasp certainly lives up to its prestigious name!
1.75 inch long orange with black tip on abdomen, narrow waist (wasp or bee) ...
long golden hairs all over face and thorax
on thin leaf milkweed. Digger wasps lay eggs in a burrow and supply the larva ...
Large wasp marked with black, gold, and orange as shown. Females have ...
Winged insect with orange-colored legs, black antennae and large black eyes
I was so amazed at the abundance of Organisms on the Milkweed Plant that I had ...
"A robust sphecid, frequent on flowers and very active. Head and thorax have ...
I observed this Wasp? clean all the peebles around this hole, sometimes the ...
Very large wasp. Black thorax with golden hairs. Abdomen bright orange with ...
Fairly large wasp with orange and black abdomen and orange legs
A large black and orange wasp that can reach the size of 23mm. Head and thorax ...
Large concentrations of Great Golden females are quite vulnerable to attacks by ...
Large black and orange wasp with dark wings. Wings had a slight bluish ...
Female with a meal for its larvae. The adult wasps eat nectar but they catch ...
about 25 mm; easy to spot; black head and thorax are covered with short golden ...
This wasp was very busy, quickly flying from hole to hole, performing ...
A moderately sized wasp with golden highlights on its face and torso. It digs ...
Medium-large wasp, Distinct orange and black markings. Strong flyer as it ...
