Insects and Spiders

2 Back To Work

After pausing to give me a look, the wasp went back to work. Both the wasp and the cricket nymph were new species for me. The wasp is dragging the prey to her burrow where it will be paralyzed living food for her babies when her eggs hatch.
Female Square-headed Wasp (Liris sp.)
Female Field Cricket Nymph (Gryllus sp.)

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