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Parazumia tolteca
This wasp has metallic black and blue wings with a yellow, black, and red thorax and abdomen.These wasps make mud nests on buildings and other structures making a home for the wasp larvae.The wasps feed their babies caterpillars and spiders that are paralyzed by the wasps sting.The sting of the wasp has a toxin that can paralyze insects that they want to catch.
Semi-urban habitat, Fort Worth, Texas.
Spotted on May 8, 2020
Submitted on May 10, 2020
2 Comments
Thanks,Brian(:
Gorgeous wasp!