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Square-headed Wasp (female)

Tachytes sp.

Photo by dferris
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Field Notes

Description:

This black wasp landed on a grasshopper which was slightly larger then it. When I tried to get close, it flew away while carrying the grasshopper. As I tried to get closer for another pic, I kept flying away with the grasshopper.

Habitat:

Garden

Reference Links:

Genus Tachytes - BugGuide.Net

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Photographed
PublishedAugust 6, 2016

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