Invertebrates Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
 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. |
 Common Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila spp.) |
 Common Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila spp.) |
 Metallic blue wasp (Chlorion aerarium) hunts crickets |
 Metallic blue wasp (Chlorion aerarium) hunts crickets |
 Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae) |
 Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae) |
 Sphecid Wasp with caterpillar |
 Sphecid Wasp with caterpillar |
Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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