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Cuckoo Wasps and Allies (Superfamily Chrysidoidea)Observer
diimazuzDescription
On Trifolium arvense. Appears to be a bee or wasp?
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
mvbotelDescription
I always believed them to be ground nesting. I can see at least a dozen on this south facing birdhouse!
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Priocnemis oregonaObserver
lebldwnDescription
ID for wasp. Found this wasp carrying a spider to its ground nest, where it pulled the spider inside.
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
theresfungusamungusDescription
Found under tiles that were placed only a week ago. One of the three here are dead and one of the living ones dug around it.
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Genus AncylandrenaObserver
john_brandsbergDescription
About 14,000 nesting sites (the site is 100ft x 20ft with 7+ nesting sites per sq ft)
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Boreal Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus defodiens)Observer
abnormalshrimpDescription
found on some willow-herb in a wetland, displaying this butt-up posture! dispersing pheromones?? also has a few mites to do the washing up after a delicious meal of rotting flesh
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Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa greenei)Observer
heidinoordijkDescription
a species native to the eastern US but introduced into the PNW and first detected in Oregon in 2018. It is spreading in Portland and may be the reason you’re seeing more
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Funerary Dagger (Acronicta funeralis)Observer
robertnieseDescription
On red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
