Posts Tagged: Bembix

'The Little White Bees'

If it looks like a bee, sips nectar like a bee, and buzzes away like a bee, that doesn't mean it's a bee. Last weekend we visited a Fort Bragg...

Sand wasp on red flowering thyme. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sand wasp on red flowering thyme. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Abdomen of sand wasp: note the black and white curvy stripes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Abdomen of sand wasp: note the black and white curvy stripes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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