sand wasp on long-leaved aster

October 7, 2019Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSalt Lake County, Utah

Coordinates: 40.57192,-111.71972 (click for map)
sand wasp on long-leaved aster (Steniolia sp., Symphyotrichum ascendens (Aster ascendens)) [Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake County, Utah]
Filename: 20191007-161252.jpg 881x1174 pixels, ISO 125, f5.0 @ 1/1600 sec
Steniolia sp., Symphyotrichum ascendens (Aster ascendens)

The wasp is probably Steniolia obliqua.

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