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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia mexicana)
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WASP ON JAPANESE KNOTWEED - Isodontia mexicana
Copyright © 2008 Marcia A. Sessions

WASP ON JAPANESE KNOTWEED - Isodontia mexicana
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
September 9, 2008
Size: approx.3/4"
I was taking a couple of photos of the flowers of a Japanese Knotweed. Then, climbing vertically and into view was this wasp. It was not shy, nor aggressive. It seemed fixed on the flowers of this plant.

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WASP ON JAPANESE KNOTWEED - Isodontia mexicana WASP ROTATED #1 - Isodontia mexicana WASP ROTATED #2 - Isodontia mexicana
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Contributed by Marcia A. Sessions on 9 September, 2008 - 6:29pm
Last updated 25 September, 2008 - 2:04am

Grass-carrier wasp.
This is a grass-carrier wasp, Isodontia mexicana, probably a male.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 September, 2008 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

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