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Tachyshex? - Tachysphex
Copyright © 2015 Dale and Elva Paulson

Tachyshex? - Tachysphex
Umpqua National Forest, about 1/3 mile from Diamond Lake, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
June 23, 2015
Size: about 8mm
A colony ( 20-30 burrows) of these tiny wasps were very busy brining small paralyzed grasshoppers into their burrows. Grasshoppers were the only prey we observed. Holes were dug in a compacted, little used parking area. The opening was mostly surrounded by forest. Very little grass. We looked for grasshoppers and wondered where the wasps were finding them.

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Contributed by Dale and Elva Paulson on 26 June, 2015 - 8:00pm
Last updated 24 July, 2015 - 7:48am

Female
6 abdominal segments = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 24 January, 2016 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Larrini.
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