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Cerceris rybyensis
Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp, a small wasp of the family Crabonidae. Adults are floricolous but the larvae are carnivorous. This is why the female catch of small Hymenoptera, it paralyzes them and lock them into galleries with eggs; the larvae will eat well. Limousin, France.
Created: September 04, 2015
© Anne SORBES
Photo size: 24.0 Mpixels (68.7 MB uncompressed) - 6000x4000 pixels (20x13.3 in / 50.8x33.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Animal, Apocrita, Cerceris, Cerceris rybyensis, Corrèze, Crabronidae, Digger Wasp, France, Hymenoptera, insect, Insecta, Limousin, Macro, Nature, Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp, Wildlife
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