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“Bugs” that Sting
Bees Wasps
ScorpionsAnts
2018 Annual Conference Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association
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Bitign and Stinigng
Insects and other
arthropods can bite
with mouthparts,
usually mouthparts
designed to suck fluids
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Insects sting with a
modified ovipositor
Scorpions sting with a
special structure on
the tip of the abdomen
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Scorpions
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An adorable baby scorpion!
Common striped
bark scorpion
Centruroides vittatus
The common
species found
in eastern
Colorado
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Northern Scorpion
Giant Desert
Hairy Scorpion
Some West Slope
Scorpions
Photograph by Bob Hammon
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Pedipalps (chelae)
for prey capture
Scorpion chelicerae (jaws)
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Stinger used for defense
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Natural light
Ultraviolet
“black” light
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Scorpions fluorescing
under black light
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Scorpions found in
Colorado are not
considered to be
medically important
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Arizona Bark Scorpion
Centruroides sculpturatus
The only medically
important scorpion
species in the United
States
Range: Extreme southern
Arizona, northwestern
Mexico
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Most Common Insects that Sting
Western yellowjacket
European paper wasp
Honey beeBaldfaced hornet
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Bees, some wasps,
and some ants have a
stinger used for
defense. The stinger is
a modified ovipositor.
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The ovipositor is the structure used by
female insects to lay eggs.
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Male and female house cricket
Ovipositor
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Bees, some wasps,
and some ants have a
stinger used for
defense. The stinger is
a modified ovipositor.
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Some ant (females) have a
functional stinger and (most) can
inject some type of venom
Ants do not have a barbed stinger
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Ants in the subfamily Formicinae
do not sting
Some will use formic acid or
other chemicals in defense
From the Ammonite production Smalltalk Diaries
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Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)
Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA
The most significant
stinging ant in the
United States
Entered US through
Mobile, AL in 1930s
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Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex species)
spp.
The most significant
stinging ants in
Colorado
Harvester ants are seed feeders
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Harvester ants – Pogonomyrmex spp.
Distinct nest made of tiny pieces of
gravel, usually with a southeast
oriented entrance
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Harvester ants possess a
blunt stinger and can produce
one of the most painful stings
of any ant species
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Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm
Harvester ants are the “ant of
commerce” commonly sold to
inhabit ant farms
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How do flying insects find each
other during mating swarms?
“hilltopping”
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Winged reproductive males and females meet
over prominent points in the landscape
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Harvester ants and
the ‘hilltopping’
phenomenon
1801 California Ave., Denver
(Century Link sign at top)
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Harvester ants and the ‘hilltopping’ phenomenon
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Hilltopping in ColoradoUp on the grain bin
Video courtesy of Wyatt Witt (BSPM102 student – Spring 2016)
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What is a bee? What is a wasp?
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Common Families of Bees and
Wasps
Bees• Apidae (honey bees, bumble
bees, digger bees, carpenter bees)
• Megachilidae (leafcutter
bees, mason bees, sower bees)
• Andrenidae (ground-nesting
bees)
• Halictidae (sweat bees)
• Colletidae (plasterer bees)
Wasps
• Vespidae (paper wasps,
yellowjackets, hornets, potter
wasps)
• Sphecidae (hunting wasps)
• Pompilidae (spider wasps
• Mutillidae (velvet ants)
• …..other families of
predatory Hymenoptera
• …..myriad families of
parasitic Hymenoptera
• …. Gall wasps? (
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How many species of bees are
known to occur in Colorado?
• A. 37
• B. 124
• C. 946
• D. 1576
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How many species of bees are
known to occur in Colorado?
• A. 37
• B. 124
• C. 946• D. 1576
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Bees collect
nectar and pollen
Pollen is used primarily
for rearing young
Nectar is used primarily
as an energy source for
the adults
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Wasps collect
animal matter to feed
their young
Adults may feed on nectar as
an energy source.
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Habits of Bees & Wasps
• Bees
– Social bees• Perennial colony (honey bee)
• Annual colony (bumble bees)
– Solitary bees (leafcutter bees, digger bees)
• 1-2 generations/year
• Wasps
– Social wasps (yellowjackets, hornets, paper wasps)
• Annual colony
– Solitary wasps (hunting wasps, parasitic wasps)
• 1-2 generations/year
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Some solitary bees and
some solitary wasps nest
in stems and above-
ground cavities
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Some solitary bees and
some solitary wasps
nest in the soil
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Mud dauber nest
Potter wasp nests
Resin/pebble nest of a Dianthidium bee
Some solitary wasps and a few
solitary bees will construct nest
cells of mud, pebbles or other
materials (e.g., leaf pieces)
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Social bees use wax for
nest construction
Social wasps use paper for
nest construction
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Hexagonal cells: Maximize
space and minimize materials
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Wax flakes are produced
by special glands of the
thorax, then are molded
into comb
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Bumble bees use wax to create roundish cell pots for
rearing young and storing food
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A paper envelope surrounds the
nest of yellowjackets and
“hornets”
Hexagonal cells
for rearing brood
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Baldfaced hornet
chewing on weathered
wood
Surface of a
baldfaced hornet
nest
Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska
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The stinger of a
worker honey bee is
barbed
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Honey bee stinger and
poison sac detach and
remain embedded in skin
The only insect that
regularly leaves a stinger
in the skin is a worker
honey bee
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Honey Bee Sting on Human SkinUniversity of Florida - Entomology and Nematology
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Honey bee stinger
and poison sac
detach and remain
embedded in skin
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The stinger of all
other bees – and all
wasps – is not barbed
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Wasps
Social Wasps
Yellowjackets
Hornets
Paper Wasps
Solitary Wasps
Hunting Wasps
Parasitic Wasps
Social Structures of Wasps
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Wasps
Social Wasps
Yellowjackets
Hornets
Paper Wasps
Solitary Wasps
Hunting Wasps
Parasitic Wasps
Common Social WaspsNote: All are annual colony producers
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Yellowjackets
Vespula species
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Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)
The most important stinging insect in western North America
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The western yellowjacket
feeds its young animal
matter – usually carrion or
dead insects
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Western yellowjacket scavenging
on meat (left), dead earthworm
(below, left) and splattered
insects on automobile
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They will commonly
feed on meaty
materials in outdoor
dining areas
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…and also take
sweets
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Yellowjackets produce new nest every year.
Nests are established in spring by a single queen.
Nest are abandoned at the end of the season. Fertilized
females – queens – produced near the end of the year are the
only stage that survives between seasons.
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Yellowjacket nests are always hidden, usually underground
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Western yellowjacket nest exposed
by skunk/raccoon digging
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Nest form is a series of paper combs – used for rearing
larvae – surrounded by a paper envelope
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Western yellowjacket
nest at base of wall and
spruce tree in my yard
Note mud at entrance
from excavations
during colony
expansion
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Yellowjacket nest with
excavated mud piled
near nest entrance
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Nest entrances are often inconspicuous
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Nest entrances are usually guarded
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Wasp stingers are not barbed
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Most “bee stings” are not
produced by bees!!!!
Yellowjackets likely cause 90%+ of all
“bee stings” in Colorado
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Yellowjackets as pollinators?
Marginal, at best.
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Yellowjackets almost always nest below ground
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Western yellowjacket nest located in an abandoned
compost pile. This was dissected on September 28, 2018
Nest
entrance
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About a foot below the surface
the top of the nest was reached
More complete excavation of
the nest showed it to be about
a foot in diameter
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The entrance of the nest was about 18 inches from
the opening to the outside of the compost pile
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Nests are annual,
constructed
anew each year
The only stage surviving
between seasons are
fertilized queens,
produced in late summer
and early fall.
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Ultimate colony size can be many hundreds
by the end of summer.
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The nest consisted of multiple
layers of paper comb.
Developing brood
were present –
almost all of
which were
reproductive
forms (future
queens, males)
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Only a few females, fertilized potential future
queens will survive between seasons.
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A rough guesstimate of the
number of capped brood
> 750!!!!!!
Date of nest
dissection –
September 28
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Many traps are sold to capture yellowjacket wasps
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2015 Yellowjacket Trapping Trials
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SpringStar (Oak Stump)
Liquid Trap
AlphaScent Lure with
Yellow Card
Rescue! OnamenTrap
(Liquid trap)
Traps that caught the most western yellowjackets
in 2015 trials
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Traps that are very poor in
capturing yellowjackets
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Most effective use of
yellowjacket traps?
Probably early in the
year targeting
overwintered queens
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A rough guesstimate of the
number of capped brood
> 750!!!!!!
Date of nest
dissection –
September 28
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HornetsDolichovespula species
Two species in Colorado. Both are predators of
live insects. Neither visits dining areas for food.
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Baldfaced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
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Baldfaced hornet
usually nests in
trees and shrubs
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Aerial Yellowjacket Dolichovespula arenaria
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Aerial yellowjacket
nests under eaves
and on sides of
buildings
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The stinger of
baldfaced hornet and
aerial yellowjacket is
not barbed
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Paper WaspsPolistes species, primarily
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Paper wasp gnawing on weathered board for wood fibers
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The food fed to
paper wasp larvae
Live insects chewed
into “bug burger”
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Paper wasps native
to Colorado
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Nests produced by native
species of paper wasps
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European Paper WaspPolistes dominula
A new species in Colorado (post 1998
in Western CO, 2001 Eastern CO)
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European paper wasp
nesting in metal
building support
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European paper wasps in our
clothes line
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European paper wasp nest established on growing
sweet corn!
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Photograph courtesy of Joseph Berger/BugWood.org
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Large Nest of European Paper Wasp
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Some Impacts of the
European paper wasp on the
Rocky Mountain West
• Added a significant new stinging pest
to region
– Highly visible
• Impacts on yard/garden Lepidoptera
• Stimulates inappropriate purchases of
wasp traps
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Nests are found
everywhere and very
frequently observed.
Stings are common,
although not as common
as by western
yellowjacket.
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Impacts on
yard/garden
Lepidoptera
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European Paper
Wasp
Western
Yellowjacket
These two insects can be difficult
to distinguish from each other
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Note trailing legs of European paper wasp
Western yellowjacket
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European Paper Wasp
vs. Western Yellowjacket
• Predator of insects, primarily
• Produces open nests above ground
• Less likely to sting than most social wasps/bees
• Not attracted to wasp traps
• Scavenger. Commonly visits food and garbage.
• Produces below-ground or hidden nest
• Readily stings when nest disturbed
• Attracted to wasp traps
European paper wasp Western yellowjacket
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Traps do not
capture the
European paper
wasp or any
other paper
wasps
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Wasps
Social Wasps
Yellowjackets
Hornets
Paper Wasps
Solitary Wasps
Hunting Wasps
Parasitic Wasps
Social Structures of Wasps
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Hunting Wasps
Families Sphecidae,
Crabronidae, Pompilidae
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Hunting Wasp Habits
• Solitary wasps – no colony structure
• Young are fed paralyzed prey
• Nests are produced to rear young– Dug in soil, plant stems
– Constructed of mud
– Existing cavities
• Adults can sting, but are not aggressive– Sting of hunting wasps (Sphecidae) are mild
– Sting of spider wasps (Pomplilidae) are very painful
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Ammophila wasp digging
nest (left), carrying
caterpillar prey (lower
left), at nest entrance with
prey (below)
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Bembix wasp digging while holding horse fly prey
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Golden Digger Wasp –
Predator of grasshoppers
and katydids
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Steel-blue
cricket
hunter with
prey
Photograph by Bob Hammon
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Cicada Killer –Colorado’s
largest hunting
wasp
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Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
– a hunting wasp that
nests in sandy soils
Stink bugs and leaffooted
bugs are prey for this insect
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A sand nesting wasp – Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Host prey – “Stinky bugs” (stink bugs, leaffooted bugs)
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Insect prey collected from nests of sand
wasps at a Longmont playground
Top: Chlorochroa spp.
stink bugs (nymphs)
Middle: Rough stink
bugs (nymphs)
Bottom: Western conifer-
seed bugs (nymphs)
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Grass Carrying Wasps
(Isodontia spp.)
Predators of tree
crickets
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Kevin O’Neill/MSU
Grass carrying wasps may nest in tracks of windows
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Pseneo punctatus
A hunting wasp that
preys on leafhoppers,
and nests in soil cracks
(often around the
edges of flower pots)
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Black and
Yellow Mud
Dauber
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Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium)
Nest (top left), crab spider prey cache (top right), larva feeding on spider prey
(below left) and cocoons of pupae (below right) . Photographs courtesy of Ken
Gray Collection, Oregon State University
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Colorado’s Newest Mud Dauber!Sceliphron curvatum
Present records from
El Paso, Denver, Larimer
and Mesa Counties
Photo by Eric R. Eaton
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Photo credit: Fireundertheice BugGuide
(Mesa County)
Adult collecting mud for
nest cells (Mesa County)
Nest cells around windows
(Denver County)
Photos by Betty Cahill
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Adult on nest cell
Full-grown larva
Spider prey extracted
from one nest cell
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Spider Wasps
Hymenoptera: Pompilidae
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