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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Bees, wasps, ants and sawflies (Hymenoptera) of the FWG (19 galleries) >> Thread-waisted wasps (Family: Sphecidae) > Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia mexicana)
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27-JULY-2014 Sandra Garland

Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia mexicana)

The genus Isodontia is known as the grass-carrying wasps, for good reason. As shown in this neat photo by Sandy, the female wasps carry long fibres back to their nest cavities, in this case, a hole in the 'bee hotel' by the old woods. This species captures prey in the Orthoptera family, mainly tree crickets which they use to stock the nests for their larvae.


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victorswan18-Jan-2018 10:52
Wow this is a beautiful picture of this beautiful wasp great work BV
Guest 29-Jul-2014 16:02
Fascinating! And excellent photo showing this wasp and it behaviour.
Claudia
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet28-Jul-2014 12:47
Very nice capture.
Martin Lamoon28-Jul-2014 05:20
Amazing capture.
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joseantonio28-Jul-2014 04:01
Had no idea of this. Thank you for showing.V.
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