Brown-legged Grass-carrier

Isodontia auripes

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae

Isodontia auripes, the brown-legged grass-carrier, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. The wasp will opportunistically use old nests made by Xylocopa virginica or mining bees. Larvae eat for three days and then spend two forming pupae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 770Canada · 113

Sources and credits

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Brown-legged Grass-carrier

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