| 5490308 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
Left: female
Right:male
|
| 5482934 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5490015 |
thread-waisted wasp |
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata |
They dig burrows(you can see a sand particle in the mandibles) into which they place flies for their larvae to eat. |
| 5490026 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
Wasp transporting caterpillar to nest. |
| 5490034 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
Wasp on milkweed flowers. |
| 5482798 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia carolina |
|
| 5438893 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Mud wasp |
| 5442967 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx parkeri |
Bog in Turner County; Coastal plains; August 2011 |
| 5474448 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474111 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474447 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474446 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
|
| 5474110 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474444 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474445 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474109 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474442 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474443 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474108 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474441 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5474112 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Coastal plain; Tift County |
| 5458638 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
Cicada killer wasp adult. |
| 5458639 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
Cicada killer wasp adult. |
| 5458640 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
Cicada killer wasp adult. |
| 1454032 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
| 5444157 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5444158 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5432676 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
|
| 5432677 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
|
| 5432678 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
|
| 5444142 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
|
| 5444143 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
|
| 5444144 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
|
| 5444149 |
thread-waisted wasp |
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata |
|
| 5444150 |
thread-waisted wasp |
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata |
|
| 5444145 |
Sphecid wasp |
Philanthus gibbosus |
|
| 5444146 |
Sphecid wasp |
Philanthus gibbosus |
|
| 5444147 |
Sphecid wasp |
Philanthus gibbosus |
|
| 5444148 |
Sphecid wasp |
Philanthus gibbosus |
|
| 5440431 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
| 1326052 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Recently emerged asult nesting in green ash twig |
| 0001026 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
| 1366077 |
Sphecid wasp |
Tachysphex spp. |
with immobilized grasshopper prey |
| 1325095 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
carrying cherry sphinx prey |
| 1325091 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
carrying cherry spinx (Sphinx drupiferarum) prey |
| 5435266 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila rubripes |
|
| 5435265 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila rubripes |
|
| 5007028 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
| 2131057 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 2110037 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 2110036 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5425623 |
Grass Carrying Wasp |
Isodontia auripes |
and cocoon |
| 5424378 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
22 mm long. nest is a burrow in the ground. |
| 5424377 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
22 mm long. nest is a burrow in the ground. |
| 5424375 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
22 mm long. nest is a burrow in the ground. |
| 5424376 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
22 mm long. nest is a burrow in the ground. |
| 5424374 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
22 mm long. nest is a burrow in the ground |
| 5423768 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila pictipennis |
|
| 5423769 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila pictipennis |
|
| 5382586 |
Sphecid wasp |
Isodontia exornata |
Photographed on a Beauty Berry |
| 5369461 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 5402299 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402300 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402301 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402302 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402296 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402297 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402298 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron laetum |
|
| 5402295 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron formosum |
|
| 5402294 |
Sphecid wasp |
Sceliphron formosum |
|
| 5382580 |
Sphecid wasp |
Isodontia exornata |
Photographed on a Beauty Berry |
| 5382585 |
Sphecid wasp |
Isodontia exornata |
Photographed on a Beauty Berry |
| 5382581 |
Sphecid wasp |
Isodontia exornata |
|
| 5382558 |
Grass Carrying Wasp |
Isodontia auripes |
|
| 5382559 |
Grass Carrying Wasp |
Isodontia auripes |
|
| 5382553 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila pictipennis |
|
| 5382516 |
Sphecid wasp |
Prionyx atratus |
|
| 5402568 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
25mm long |
| 5402569 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
25mm long |
| 5402570 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
25mm long |
| 5402571 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
25mm long |
| 5402572 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
25mm long |
| 5402573 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
25mm long |
| 5387760 |
Sphecid wasp |
Cerceris fumipennis |
|
| 5393609 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Overwintered larvae exposed from cocoon |
| 5393607 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Cocoon of overwintered larvae exposed in cell |
| 5393608 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5393606 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Araneus spp. spider prey from mud dauber nest cell. The wasp larva is in the upper right. |
| 5393605 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Araneus spp. spider prey from mud dauber nest cell |
| 5393603 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5393604 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5393460 |
Sphecid wasp |
Pseneo punctatus |
This wasp nests in soil and frequently burrows along the edge of potted plants. When plants are wintered indoors these wasps emerge within buildings in spring. |
| 5393449 |
Sphecid wasp |
Pseneo punctatus |
This wasp nests in soil and frequently burrows along the edge of potted plants. When plants are wintered indoors these wasps emerge within buildings in spring. |
| 5381058 |
Sphecid wasp |
Philanthus gibbosus |
|
| 5386004 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 5386001 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 5386002 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 5386003 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 5387767 |
Sphecid wasp |
Isodontia exornata |
|
| 5387771 |
blue mud-dauber |
Chalybion californicus |
|
| 5381047 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
|
| 5381048 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
|
| 5381049 |
great black wasp |
Sphex pensylvanicus |
|
| 5377551 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
struggling to get the prey into her burrow to feed her brood
|
| 5377552 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
struggling to get the prey into her burrow to feed her brood
|
| 5377553 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
struggling to get the prey into her burrow to feed her brood
|
| 5387745 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
on sicklepod |
| 5387761 |
Sphecid wasp |
Cerceris bicornuta |
|
| 5387783 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380302 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380303 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380304 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380305 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380306 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380307 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380310 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380312 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380313 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380315 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380316 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380317 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380319 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380320 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380321 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380322 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380323 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5380324 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5382593 |
mud-dauber |
Tachytes spp. |
|
| 5381052 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5381051 |
great golden digger wasp |
Sphex ichneumoneus |
|
| 5381050 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
|
| 5379935 |
mud-dauber |
Tachytes spp. |
in North Carolina Department of Agriculture tobacco field |
| 5379954 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
on milkweed |
| 5379955 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
on milkweed |
| 5379956 |
Sphecid wasps |
Podalonia spp. |
in North Carolina Department of Agriculture tobacco field |
| 5379936 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
On sandy slope near many cicadas, large nests, approximately 20 entrances. |
| 5369462 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
|
| 5206087 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
Identified as a yellowjacket mimic belonging to the subfamily Nyssoninae and tribe Bembicini. |
| 5206088 |
Sphecid wasps |
|
Identified as a yellowjacket mimic belonging to the subfamily Nyssoninae and tribe Bembicini. |
| 5364280 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
A hunting wasp (Ammophila sp.) carrying its prey, a sphinx moth caterpillar. |
| 5364293 |
Sphecid wasp |
Astata occidentalis |
Adult sphecid wasp (Astata occidentalis) with its stink bug prey. |
| 5364288 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembix pruinosa |
Adult sphecid wasp (Podalonia valida) with its prey, a saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea). |
| 5364287 |
Sphecid wasps |
Podalonia spp. |
Adult Podalonia sp. wasp at the entrance to its nest. |
| 5364286 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Larva of the sphecid wasp (Podalonia valida) consuming its prey, a saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea). |
| 5364285 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Larva of the sphecid wasp (Podalonia valida) on its prey, a saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea). |
| 5364284 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Eggs of the sphecid wasp (Podalonia valida) on its prey, a saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea). |
| 5364283 |
Sphecid wasps |
Podalonia spp. |
Sphecid wasp (Podalonia sp.) with its prey, a cutworm.
|
| 5364282 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Adult sphecid wasp (Prionyx sp.) with its grasshopper prey. |
| 5364281 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Eggs of a sphecid wasp (Prionyx sp.) on its grasshopper host. |
| 5364279 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
Sphecid wasp (Ammophila sp.) stinging its prey, a notodontid moth caterpillar. |
| 5347052 |
Sphecid wasp |
Cerceris bicornuta |
|
| 5347053 |
Sphecid wasp |
Cerceris bicornuta |
|
| 5347079 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
|
| 5347091 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia carolina |
|
| 5347092 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia carolina |
|
| 5343037 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
| 5304030 |
Sphecid wasp |
Cerceris spp. |
Mass aggregation feeding at flowers |
| 5304085 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Adult collecting mud for nest construction |
| 5304086 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Adult collecting mud for nest construction |
| 5290071 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
with prey |
| 5290072 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
| 5290073 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
food outside burrow |
| 5210078 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Male attempting to pull female from nest |
| 5210079 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Male visiting burrow of female made in garden stake |
| 5209070 |
Hunting wasp |
Ammophila zanthoptera |
Adult with forage looper prey |
| 5206077 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
|
| 1510087 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
Cicada killer on John Ghent's back with prey |
| 1482008 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia carolina |
mating in laboratory, 16 June 1993 |
| 5188012 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia signata |
Male hovering during territorial defense. Photograph taken at Punta Allen, Quintana |
| 1491058 |
Sphecid wasp |
Clypeadon laticinctus |
With Pogonomyrmex occidentalis prey |
| 1491059 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia carolina |
Adult, close-up |
| 1491060 |
horse guard wasp |
Stictia carolina |
Adult carrying horse fly prey into nest |
| 1491057 |
Sphecid wasp |
Philanthus zebratus |
Digging nest |
| 1491021 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembix palmata |
with prey |
| 1491022 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembix palmata |
Egg on horse fly host |
| 1491023 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembix pruinosa |
Digging |
| 1491024 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembix pruinosa |
with Eristalis prey at nest entrance |
| 1491027 |
Sphecid wasp |
Astata occidentalis |
with stinkbug prey |
| 1491028 |
Sphecid wasp |
Crabro monticola |
with Thereva sp. fly prey |
| 1491010 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Adult with cutworm prey |
| 1491006 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
Stinging notodontid caterpillar prey |
| 1491026 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
close-up |
| 1491025 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
with Tibicen sp. prey |
| 1491005 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
Building mud nest |
| 1491012 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Adult at nest entrance |
| 1491011 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Egg on salt-marsh caterpillar prey |
| 1491013 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Young larva on salt-marsh caterpillar host |
| 1491014 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Full grown larva with nearly fully consumed salt-marsh caterpillar host |
| 1491015 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Larva after almost entirely consuming salt-marsh caterpillar host |
| 1491016 |
Sphecid wasp |
Podalonia valida |
Adult with salt-marsh caterpillar prey |
| 1491002 |
Sphecid wasps |
Eucerceris spp. |
Adult with Cleonus weevil prey |
| 1491003 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembecinus quinquespinosus |
Mating ball |
| 1491004 |
Sphecid wasps |
Bembecinus spp. |
Adult with leafhopper, Cuerna striata, prey |
| 1491009 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Prionyx digging nest |
| 1491007 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Egg on grasshopper host |
| 1491008 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Prionyx adult with grasshopper prey |
| 5140060 |
black and yellow mud dauber |
Sceliphron caementaria |
|
| 5140062 |
mole cricket hunters |
Larra bicolor |
on cotton leaf |
| 5140081 |
katydid wasp |
Sphex nudus |
|
| 5138033 |
Sphecid wasps |
Podalonia spp. |
|
| 5138034 |
mud-daubers |
Sphex jamaicensis |
|
| 5138035 |
mud-dauber |
Tachytes spp. |
|
| 1225049 |
digger wasp |
Sphex spp. |
Black dauber (front) |
| 1225070 |
digger wasp |
Sphex spp. |
Black dauber |
| 1225069 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
Cicada Killer |
| 5109037 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
|
| 5108092 |
thread-waisted wasp |
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata |
|
| 5108093 |
thread-waisted wasp |
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata |
|
| 5109034 |
thread-waisted wasp |
Bicyrtes quadrifasciata |
at the edge of a sandy road |
| 3226055 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
biological control agent with cicada |
| 2200042 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Adult resting on sweet pea leaf. May 30, 2006. These small hunting wasps primarily prey on aphids that they cache in excavate pith of rose, raspberry and similar plants |
| 2200043 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Adult resting on sweet pea leaf. May 30, 2006. These small hunting wasps primarily prey on aphids that they cache in excavate pith of rose, raspberry and similar plants |
| 2200044 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Adult visiting cut rose stem later used for nesting. May 7, 2006. These small hunting wasps primarily prey on aphids that they cache in excavated pith of rose, raspberry and similar plants. |
| 2200045 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Adult visiting cut rose stem later used for nesting. May 7, 2006. These small hunting wasps primarily prey on aphids that they cache in excavated pith of rose, raspberry and similar plants. |
| 1243085 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Adult carrying saddled prominent prey |
| 1243086 |
Sphecid wasp |
Eremnophila aureonotata |
Adult at nest entrance with saddled prominent prey |
| 1326051 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Larval cells in excavated pith |
| 1326053 |
hunting wasp |
Pemphredon spp. |
Recently emerged adult nesting in green ash twig |
| 0007063 |
cicada killer |
Sphecius speciosus |
|
