Steel Blue Cricket Hunter Wasp. Despite their image steel blue cricket. Steel blue cricket hunter chlorion aerarium thread waisted wasp family sphecidae description a medium sized wasp about an inch long 25 mm black with iridescent blue overtones on the body and wings.
They are smaller wasps about 5 8 inch long. It is similar in appearance and can be confused with a family member the blue mud dauber also present in this area. 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.
This metallic blue colored wasp is sleek and shiny with a skinny waist.
Prey are transported on the ground venter up with the wasp s mandibles grasping the antennae of the cricket. Their legs and antennae are black. Species chlorion aerarium steel blue cricket hunter. Steel blue cricket hunters are a kind of digger wasp.
