Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

New Wasp

This wasp has captured a nymph treehopper. Now, most wasps I see that look sort of like this feed their young caterpillars.
So what’s this? Well, it seems to be a Hoplisoides genus sand wasp. Not at all one of the potter and mason wasps I originally thought it might be. I hadn’t even heard of this genus before, and I thought I was pretty good on the wasps for a non-specialist.


mthew

One response to “New Wasp”

  1. nature969

    Awesome photos!

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