Grass Carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata

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Grass Carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata

South Georgia, Ware County, Georgia, USA
June 9, 2008

A grass-carrying wasp returning with prey to a hollow stem of a beautyberry bush. At one point I observed the wasp returning with prey every minute for 15 minutes.

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Grass Carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata

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Contributed by J>N>Dell on 11 June, 2008 - 7:07am

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