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sphecid wasp

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Also known as: Sphecidae

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characteristics of wasps

In wasp
But the Sphecidae, or thread-waisted wasps (superfamily Apoidea), contain forms of more diverse habits, with some nesting in wood, pithy plant stems, or in nests made of mud. Spider wasps (Pompilidae) usually build nests in rotten wood or in rock crevices and provision them with spiders. The…
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life cycle of hymenopterans

In Hymenoptera: Solitary forms
The thread-waisted wasps (Sphecidae) have diverse nesting habits. Most of them nest in the ground and use leafhoppers, treehoppers, cicadas, stinkbugs, bees, winged ants, beetles, or caterpillars as food for the young, each species or group confining itself to one type of prey. Mud daubers (Sceliphron, Chalybion) build…
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