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Thread-waisted Wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)
Invertebrates Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas |
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Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) |
General: Thread-waisted Wasps (Family Sphecidae) are solitary wasps recognized by their thin waist. All are predatory, catching and paralyzing prey items that they place in a burrow or mud nest and upon which they lay their eggs. |
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![Solitary Wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)](p-sp/DSC_17167a.jpg)
Common Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila spp.) |
![Solitary Wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)](p-sp/DSC_17168a.jpg)
Common Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila spp.) |
![Chlorion aerarium](p-sp/DSC_06108a.jpg)
Metallic blue wasp (Chlorion aerarium) hunts crickets |
![Chlorion aerarium](p-sp/DSC_06109a.jpg)
Metallic blue wasp (Chlorion aerarium) hunts crickets |
![Solitary Wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)](p-sp/DSC_17170a.jpg)
Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae) |
![Solitary Wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)](p-sp/DSC_17171a.jpg)
Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae) |
![Sphecidae](p-sp/IMG_30206a.jpg)
Sphecid Wasp with caterpillar |
![Sphecidae](p-sp/IMG_30207a.jpg)
Sphecid Wasp with caterpillar |
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Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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