Thread-waisted Wasp

Description:

This small, 0.5 in or 1.27 cm, wasp like insect was digging small holes in the sand along the lake shore. Red abdomen, moved quickly.

Habitat:

In the sand along the shore of Lake Lewisville.

Notes:

Adults feed on flower nectar. Female wasps secure adult grasshoppers (Acrididae) as live, paralyzed food for their offspring. Prey is stored in a burrow, an egg laid upon it, and the burrow sealed.