Steel Blue Cricket Hunter Wasp Sting. It is most often seen in july and august when it is hunting for crickets to provision its nest. Iridescent females often are observed on the ground flicking their wings while keenly watching for an unguarded cricket.
I was just finishing up and i would have noticed a flying bug of this size near me. The blue wasp is a metallic species of wasp and if it stings you it s stinger would go very deep into your skin. The steel blued cricket hunter is widely distributed coast to coast in the u s.
The female hunts a cricket paralyzing it with a sting and then takes it back to her nest in order to have food on hand for when her eggs hatch.
The cricket hunter is a small blue black wasp that is about 5 8 of an inch long which feeds on nectar and pollen. When a cricket is found the wasp administers a paralyzing sting and carries it to her. When the blue wasp stings it would itch and venom your skin inside and it may swell up very bad. It is most often seen in july and august when it is hunting for crickets to provision its nest.
