Isodontia is a genus belonging to the family Sphecidae. Adults emerge from their cocoons in early summer, and usually make nests lined with grass or hay in hollow plant cavities.

Sep 7, 2023 · Common name: Grass-carrying wasps. Scientific name: Isodontia species. Family: Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps) Order: Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, and kin) Six …

Oct 30, 2023 · Grass-carrying wasps are native to North America. They belong to the family of thread-waisted wasps (Sphecidae) and are in the genus Isodontia. The adults are about 3/4 of …

Feb 21, 2022 · Medium-sized dark sphecids, often seen carrying grass to nests. Adults take nectar. Larvae are fed Gryllidae (particularly tree crickets) or other Orthoptera. (5) Females …

Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is mainly found throughout North America, but has become established in …

Isodontia elegans, also known as the elegant grass-carrying wasp, is a species of solitary, nest-provisioning, [2] thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae that hunts orthopterans …

Dec 15, 2019 · A stocky Isodontia, with heavy, black pubescence, and violet wings. Sphex pensylvanicus, is similar, but usually holds its wings folded parallel to body when nectaring …

Grass-carrying Wasps ~ Isodontia spp. Grass-carrying wasps are a flower-visiting solitary wasp, common in late summer and early fall. Because they are solitary-nesting, and not colonial like …

Feb 10, 2021 · Brown legs are apparently distinctive, within this genus. Eastern United States: west to Kansas, Texas. June-October (North Carolina). July-August (Michigan). Nests contain …

Isodontia Patton (Grass carrying wasps) (Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Sphecidae; Subfamily: …