Spotted this predatory wasp trying to fly off with a pine borer (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29960026).
Approximately 1.5 - 1.75 inches long. Nest holes are in the ground beside the rocks.
Smoky-winged Buprestid Wasp, male
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
TL=12mm
Buprestid Wasp
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Buprestid Hunting Wasp
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota
Two for the price of one! This is for the wasp predator. She landed on my driver side window, then flew around to the windshield.
Female. Several observed. Two nests observed. No beetles found. TL=15mm
Smoky-winged Beetle Bandit
baseball practice field
photographed and released
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota