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Species Isodontia exornata

Grass -carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata Grass-carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata Thread-Waisted Wasp? - Isodontia exornata Isodontia auripes ? The brown linings in the neck and thorax region is somewhat different from what I noticed in other Isodontia - Isodontia exornata Isodontia exornata small thread-waisted wasp - Isodontia exornata Isodontia exornata? - Isodontia exornata Isodontia exornata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sphecinae
Tribe Sphecini
Genus Isodontia (Grass-carrying Wasps)
Species exornata (Isodontia exornata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Isodontia exornata Fernald, 1903
Range
southeastern United States (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) west to Texas (fig. 19). Murray (1951) reported it in North Carolina (update: BG record now in guide).