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Stink Bug Hunter

Bicyrtes ventralis

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

About the size of a yellowjacket; colored as shown.

Habitat:

Nectaring on White Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba) adjacent to an arroyo (dry riverbed) surrounded by wide open fields in an otherwise urban setting.

Notes:

Females of this wasp hunt stink bugs as food for their offspring.

Reference Links:

Bug Eric: Wasp Wednesday: Bicyrtes

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Comments (1)
nexttogone
Great find.... It amazes me that for every living thing, there is a hunter.

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PublishedMarch 13, 2013

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