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______________________________________________________________ Hymenoptera 55 – Yellow-spotted Sapyga Wasps

 

 

 

 

A close up of a flower

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YELLOW-SPOTTED SAPYGA WASP Monosapyga clavicornis (f)

 

A close up of a flower

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YELLOW-SPOTTED SAPYGA WASP Monosapyga clavicornis (f)

 

A insect on the ground

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YELLOW-SPOTTED SAPYGA WASP Monosapyga clavicornis (f)

 

A insect on a flower

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YELLOW-SPOTTED SAPYGA WASP Monosapyga clavicornis (f)

 

 

·         The Yellow-spotted Sapyga Wasp Monosapyga clavicornis is an uncommon, but fairly widespread wasp with an association with dead wood. The sexes are similar in appearance. It is a cleptoparasite of the Sleepy Carpenter or Large Scissor Bee Chelostoma florisomne and of Osmia bees utilising dead wood habitats for nesting. The tips of the clubbed antennae are orange. Both M. clavicornis and its host bees feed on Creeping Buttercups Ranunculus repens.

 

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