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Gorytes sp.
Roughly 8-10 millimeters in body length, colored as shown.
Female wasp exiting her nest burrow at the edge of a path with deep, sandy soil adjacent to a riparian corridor with an arroyo (dry riverbed). Surrounding habitat is heavily degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
These solitary wasps provision their nests with leafhoppers.
Spotted on Jul 18, 2013
Submitted on Jan 13, 2014
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