This looks like one of the False Flower Beetles - Scraptiidae.
They are associated with dead wood and feed on flowers in spring and
summer. Best regarded as an accidental visitor, presenting no direct threat
to collections.
Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin
47 The Avenues
Norwich
Norfolk NR2 3PH
England
mobile:
Dirt daubers non aggressive wasps.
Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Conservation Dept.
Integrated Pest Management Specialist
Office 757-220-7080
Cell 757-634-1175
E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org
From: pestlist@googlegroups
The mud nests are unlikely to be anything the giant resin bees are
interested in. You can see the small exit holes indicating that wasps have
left them--I would carefully brush them away, and collect the debris, which
will include dead spiders and such. Not sure why the resin bees would be
indo
