Baby Hunter

This wasp will hunt down your babies, sting them, and lay eggs in them...if you're a beetle. Otherwise, you have nothing to fear. Despite its intimidating size, this species is not aggressive. The female spends most of her time crawling on the ground in search of grubs to host her larvae.

In this picture, a female is tumbling rather ungracefully off of a weed after climbing to the top of it.

Female Scarab Hunter Wasp (Campsomeris quadrimaculata)
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