Wasps are more amazing than I realized! Flight sequences were all captured by filming at 6,000fps.

Bald-faced hornet – Dolichovespula maculata
Braconid wasp – subfamily Braconinae
Tobacco Hornworm Parasitoid - Cotesia congregata
Sawfly – Macrophya sp.
Wood Wasp - Xiphydria maculata
Aulacid wasp – Aulacus sp.
Ichneumonid wasp 1 – Acrotaphus wiltii
Ichneumonid wasp 2 – Trogus sp.
Wingless jumping parasitoid - Lelaps argenticoxa

00:00 - bald-faced hornet
00:32 - Braconid wasp
00:55 - tobacco Hornworm parasitoid
01:48 - sawfly
02:19 - wood wasp
02:39 - Aulacid wasp
03:16 - hamuli
03:39 - Ichneumonid wasps
04:33 - wingless jumping parasitoid

Special thanks to Dr. Matt Bertone for use of his still images and assistance collecting and IDing these species! Check out his photography here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7679027...

Thanks also to Michelle Lotker for sharing that parasitized caterpillar, and BugGuide user Skitterbug for uploading those spider pictures with a CC:BY license.

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