Subject: bugs
Location: broken bow, oklahoma
October 21, 2013 6:35 am
I found this bug outside my garage window. I trapped it in a glass bowl. After taking a photo I let it go. I have not been able to find out what it is and I was hoping you could.
Signature: Christian Tyler Short
Hi Christian,
This is a very excellent photo for identification purposes. This is a female American Pelecinid, a parasitic wasp that pushes its long abdomen into the ground to lay eggs on the grubs of Scarab Beetles. The beetle grub provides food for the developing American Pelecinid larva.
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I live in Ontario Canada and i just found one of these guys in my back yard. Really cool looking creatures.
i live in maine and saw one resting on my steps