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

Baldfaced 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 baldfaced 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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