Black and White Digger Wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
Hymenoptera / Apocrita / Wasps / Crabronidae / Bembicinae / Bicyrtes / Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
These wasps are extremely numerous on various flowers at forest preserves near Chicago.
Live adult wasps photographed in the wild at Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve, DuPage County IL USA July 4, 2005. Size: 15mm