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Hello,I was at the Arboretum yesterday and saw this bug among lots of bumble bees on a flowering bush. It didn't move much. It was a bug a bit ...
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Bug on a Bush #153750
Asked September 21, 2013, 9:22 PM EDT
Hello,
I was at the Arboretum yesterday and saw this bug among lots of bumble bees on a flowering bush. It didn't move much. It was a bug a bit smaller than a grasshopper with an iridescent blue color to it, It didn't move and it didn't bite. What could it be? Photo is marked Bug on Bush.
I was at the Arboretum yesterday and saw this bug among lots of bumble bees on a flowering bush. It didn't move much. It was a bug a bit smaller than a grasshopper with an iridescent blue color to it, It didn't move and it didn't bite. What could it be? Photo is marked Bug on Bush.
Carver County Minnesota
Expert Response
I believe this wasp is of the Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps) family, possibly of the Genus Podium.
