#bembicini

[mysticetus]

I saw several Bembix americana yesterday, and I was ecstatic to see a (more common) genus related to my Steniolia! These girls were busy burrowing all up and down the softer sands on the cliffs beside the beach, and I even was able to collect one that I found dead nearby the burrows (she may have finished her job in laying eggs, or gotten in too intense a brawl with the other females, as they’d fight with one another if they got too close to each others burrows…?). Whidbey Island, WA, USA.

[mysticetus]

thought i would document my wasp adventure here, i spent a few days in the north sierra nevadas near the Nevada border catching insects and these little Bembicidae wasps intrigued me with their diversity. Still havent nailed down a species but pretty sure theres at least two genuses here (S. scolopacea for the Nevada specimens is a good guess though)

[eengwall]

Sand Wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus) #backyardnature #bembicini #apoidea #wasps (at Oak Cliff, Dallas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UVs5uHpF3/?igshid=13c7vy0uahwyc

[dendroica]

Cicada Killer (by me)

[dendroica]

Cicada Killer with a paralyzed cicada (by me)

[celestialmacros]

Sand Wasp (Bembix)

Santa Fe, New Mexico 

June 26, 2016

[dendroica]

Eastern Cicada Killer, Sphecius speciosus, dragging a cicada (by me)