Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp)


Family Sphecidae, subfamily Sphecinae.

Adults make nests lined with grass or hay in hollow plant cavities and feed their larvae paralysed Orthopterans (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids).

Atlas of Living Australia - Isodontia


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