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Grass -carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata

Grass -carrying Wasp - Isodontia exornata
South Georgia, Ware County, Georgia, USA
June 11, 2008
Isodontia nest closing. After 3 days of spot observations this wasp has begun closing its nest with bits of green vegetation.

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Shot this month. Nice.

 
Thanks Herschell. All the pre
Thanks Herschell. All the prey and all the grass put in the nest to cover them seemed to be of the same shade of green and the wasp worked undeterred even with a couple of hungry lizzards stalking in the area of the nest.

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