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Ectemnius spp.
A genus of solitary wasps with 188 species, found worldwide. Ectemnius species excavate nest tunnels in pieces of dead wood such as stumps, fallen tree trunks, rotting logs and sometimes building timbers or posts with the help of the mandibles. Nesting aggregations can be large and dense, and sometimes more than one female has been recorded using a common nest entrance.
image by Cristina Krippahl
Square-headed wasps are a mood. Fly predators. 🪰Some will utilize other insects, however.
Shout out to my friend for coming up with the caption!
Why not have a side shot of yesterday's square headed Ectemnius Wasp.
Square-headed Wasp - One of the ectemnius species of square-headed wasps feeding on an umbelifer flower, at Grafham Water on day 30 of 30 Days Wild. https://flic.kr/p/2jgQGZH
Ectemnius, I believe. Collected in the Necks District of Talbot County, Maryland. Hunter of flies. I am attracted to the alien looking into my soul, symmetry of this shot. Photo by Wayne Boo.
Gravehveps ubest. (Ectemnius indet. (cavifrons?))
Sand Wasp species (Ectemnius cavifrons
