Isodontia auripes, the brown-legged grass-carrier, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1][2][3][4] The wasp will opportunistically use old nests made by Xylocopa virginica or mining bees. Larvae eat for three days and then spend two forming pupae. Oecanthus is a common prey item throughout I. auripes' range. [5] I. auripes lives along the east coast of the United States.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Tribe: | Sphecini |
| Genus: | Isodontia |
| Species: | I. auripes
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| Binomial name | |
| Isodontia auripes (Fernald, 1906)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Isodontia auripes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b "Isodontia auripes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Isodontia auripes species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Barrett, Meghan; Kang, Annette; Gomez, Angelina; Kainth, Devneet; O'Donnell, Sean (16 November 2022). "Nest Architecture, Prey, and Body Size in the Grass-Carrying Wasp, Isodontia auripes, at two sites in New York (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 94 (3). doi:10.2317/0022-8567-94.3.199. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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