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Cricket Hunter and Katydid

Posted by August 23rd, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Hi,
I stumbled onto your web site and figured I’d ask you what the heck is this big black bee, and why is it eating a cricket? I got a picture of it dragging it into it’s hole in the ground. What is it?
Andy from Upstate, NY

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Hi Andy,
Your bee is actually a wasp known as a Cricket Hunter. Ironically, it has captured a Katydid, not a cricket. The wasp will not eat the Katydid, but instead lay an egg on its paralyzed body. The larval wasp then has a fresh supply of meat. Like most wasps, the adult Cricket Hunters feed on nectar and pollen.

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