Black and White Digger Wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciata

Black and White Digger Wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
Hymenoptera / Apocrita / Wasps / Crabronidae / Bembicinae / Bicyrtes / Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
These wasps are extremely numerous on various flowers at forest preserves near Chicago.
Live adult wasps photographed in the wild at Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve, DuPage County IL USA July 4, 2005. Size: 15mm

Image: Black and White Wasp

Digger wasps provision their underground nests with paralyzed, live insects for their larva to eat. This wasp is hovering above the entrance to her nest, dug in the soft sand near a forest trail. Photo: insectimages.org

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