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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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08-AUG-2017 Christine Hanrahan

Grass-carrying wasp (Isodontia mexicana)

Fletcher Wildlife Garden

This wasp in the Sphecid family, is carrying a paralyzed tree cricket (Oecanthus sp.) into a nest hole in one of the bee boxes. These living, but inert, crickets will be fed upon by the wasp larvae once they hatch. I spent some time watching the box and the wasp returned at least three times with a paralyzed cricket. You wouldn't think there'd be enough room in there for that many. In the top image, the long appendages that appear to be coming out of the wasp's mouth, are actually the extremely long antennae of the tree cricket.


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Fabienne09-Aug-2017 21:17
Superbes plans rapprochés. C'est très réussi et merci pour les explications.
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