Paul Reeves Photography: Thread-waisted Wasps

NATURE - Arthropods - Thread-waisted Wasps

SPACER

The appropriately named Thread-waisted Wasps are all predatory and parasitoidal. While the adults primarily feed on nectar and pollen,
the females sting and paralyze insects and spiders and leave the living victims in their nests for their larvae to feed on.

Brown-legged Grass-carrier

Brown-legged
Grass-carrier

Common Blue Mud-dauber

Common Blue
Mud-dauber

Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp

Gold-marked
Thread-waisted Wasp

Great Black Digger Wasp

Great Black
Digger Wasp

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Great Golden
Digger Wasp

Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp

Mexican
Grass-carrying Wasp

Thread-waisted Sand Wasp

Thread-waisted
Sand Wasp

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber

Yellow-legged
Mud-dauber