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re: What kind of wasp is this? Updated
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:12 pm to pussywillows
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:12 pm to pussywillows
quote:
iNaturalist says it's a golden reined digger wasp
I think that's a bingo. quote:Very cool, Great Golden. Very cool.
Upon capturing a suitable prey, the female Great Golden will paralyze it with toxins in her sting. If the prey is small, she flies it directly to the nest. If prey is too large to transport aerially, the wasp will walk with it across the ground. The prey is clasped beneath her body by grasping its antennas with her mandibles.
Once the Great Golden reaches the opening of her nest, she sets the paralyzed insect down. Leaving the prey outside, she goes into the tunnel for inspection. When satisfied that all is well, she comes partially out from the nest and again grasps the prey's antennas pulling it backwards into the nest's interior where it is deposited in a cell with its head turned to the bottom.
This post was edited on 8/3/21 at 9:15 pm
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Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:13 pm to The Detroit Lions
quote:I actually caught a pretty sweet video of the endeavor. I was banking on the fact that it wouldn't drop its lunch to attack me if I kept enough of a distance. This is a still shot from the video.
i'm surprised you survived the photo op.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:15 pm to When in Rome
I don’t see any White Anglo Saxon Protestants in the pic.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:31 pm to When in Rome
Some sort of thread-waisted wasp. Most of those are solitary and parasitic. Smaller ones are Braconids that lay their eggs on other host insects. The eggs will hatch and the larvae will feed on the host insect. They are beneficial wasps that will help control pest insects.
Here's one I saw with a green grass hopper. It is probably a different wasp:
Here's one I saw with a green grass hopper. It is probably a different wasp:
This post was edited on 8/3/21 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:35 pm to LoneStar23
quote:
Murder hornet wave 3
Clever boy.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:36 pm to fr33manator
quote:Some of us have infiltrated herein.
The kind that live in New England
SAR/DAR on both sides.
One of the little füts looks like an Aryan Nation Poster Child.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:07 pm to DesScorp
quote:
What kind of wasp is this?
You tell me.
WASP had some killer ballads in their time! “Breathe” is my fav! “Hold On To My Heart” is another good one.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:58 pm to When in Rome
By the looks of this thread, grasshoppers are some weak arse little bitches.
Posted on 8/4/21 at 8:48 am to Giantkiller
quote:I’m surprised/impressed that wasps are strong enough to fly around while carrying them. You should have seen this duo fly off into the sunset. It was a sight to behold.
By the looks of this thread, grasshoppers are some weak arse little bitches.
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