Sand Wasps can be very easily confused with Yellow Jackets but they do not have yellow legs or the yellow markings on the head and thorax.
Females dig multi-celled nests in the sand and provision it progressively with flies The nest is seal when the larvae are almost mature.
I got there just too late!! This katydid was busy emerging when I saw it but I managed to at least capture the final part.
The white shell is much smaller than the katydid and I always wonder how they fitted into it. we have about 160 species here of which about 2/3 are endemic.
Females dig multi-celled nests in the sand and provision it progressively with flies The nest is seal when the larvae are almost mature.
I got there just too late!! This katydid was busy emerging when I saw it but I managed to at least capture the final part.
The white shell is much smaller than the katydid and I always wonder how they fitted into it. we have about 160 species here of which about 2/3 are endemic.
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