I always wanted to be a wildlife videographer, though didn't expect to be using my cell phone. Over the weekend, I noticed a Great Black Wasp, Sphex pensylvanicus, hunting around for some food under ...

The wasps discussed here are solitary, ground-nesting species that construct unicellular nests. Notes are presented insofar as possible on nest construction and architecture, selection and storage of ...

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