Insects and Spiders

Male Golden Rein Wasp View 4

The adults feed on nectar. However, they prey on grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches and put them in the burrow for the hatchling wasps to feed upon.
Male Golden Rein Wasp (Sphex habenus)
Southern Marsh Fleabane wildflower (Pluchea odorata var. odorata)

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