but there have also been some that are blue-black in color. They build their nests in mud. Cicada killers are much larger than the other types of wasps at 1-1/2 inches and have markings like a ...

Traumatomutilla bifurca is the first known ultra-black member of the Hymenoptera order, which includes more than 150,000 species of ants, wasps, sawflies and bees. Along with some butterflies ...