Isodontia auripes, the brown-legged grass-carrier, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1][2][3][4] The wasp will opportunistically use old nests made by Xylocopa virginica or mining bees. Larvae eat for three days and then spend two forming pupae. Oecanthus is a common prey item throughout I. auripes' range. [5] I. auripes lives along the east coast of the United States.[2]

Isodontia auripes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Tribe: Sphecini
Genus: Isodontia
Species:
I. auripes
Binomial name
Isodontia auripes
(Fernald, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chlorion auripes Fernald, 1906
Brown-legged grass-carrier, Isodontia auripes

References

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  1. ^ a b "Isodontia auripes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ a b "Isodontia auripes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Barrett, Meghan; Kang, Annette; Gomez, Angelina; Kainth, Devneet; O'Donnell, Sean (16 November 2022). "Nest Architecture, Prey, and Body Size in the Grass-Carrying Wasp, Isodontia auripes, at two sites in New York (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 94 (3). doi:10.2317/0022-8567-94.3.199. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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