Insects and Spiders

Four-toothed Mason Wasp

Could not belive my luck when I found out that my first taker was a new species of wasp for me. She looked over all the empty holes, selected one and when I was not looking, she brought in prey, laid an egg and sealed it up. Like the one all the way to the left middle in this shot.
Female Four-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens)

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