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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Bees, wasps, ants and sawflies (Hymenoptera) of the FWG (19 galleries) >> Digger Wasps (Family: Crabronidae) > Sand wasp (Bicyrtes)
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21-AUG-2012 Christine Hanrahan

Sand wasp (Bicyrtes)

Every August, these large wasps (approx. 17 mm)turn up and nectar on the goldenrods. I find them very, very attractive, very cleanly black and white, with green eyes. TThey tend to prey mostly, if not exclusively, on stinkbugs (Pentatomidae).

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