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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) » Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia auripes)

Species Isodontia auripes - Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Brown-legged Grass-carrier Wasp - Isodontia auripes - female Apoidea, Q7 ID please - Isodontia auripes sphecid 1 - Isodontia auripes - female Black thread-waisted wasp with reddish legs - Isodontia auripes Isodontia auripes for July for LA - Isodontia auripes - female Brown-legged Grass-carrier - Isodontia auripes Isodontia auripes Brown-legged Grass-carrier - Isodontia auripes
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 auripes (Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp)
Explanation of Names
Author: (Fernald) 1906
Size
circa 20 mm
Identification
Brown legs are apparently distinctive, within this genus.
Range
Eastern United States: west to Kansas, Texas.
Season
June-October (North Carolina). July-August (Michigan).
Life Cycle
Nests contain a single large brood chamber. Several larvae develop together in this nest.
Females with prey:
Print References
Brimley, p. 444, Chlorion auripes (1)
Evans, The Wasps, p. 93, fig. 64--nest chamber (2)
Internet References
Sphecid Wasps of Michigan
Univ. Florida--nest provisioned with tree crickets, Oecanthus, does show some partitions.
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
2.The Wasps
Howard Ensign Evans, Mary Jane West Eberhard. 1970. University of Michigan Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 September, 2004 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 10 February, 2021 - 11:38pm

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