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title: "Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp"
description: "Isodontia mexicana — Insecten en spinnen. Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mexican-grass-carrying-wasp
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp

> Isodontia mexicana — Insecten en spinnen. Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae.

- Scientific name: *Isodontia mexicana*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 18466
- Wikidata: [Q3014022](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3014022)
- iNaturalist taxon: [203340](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203340)

## Names

- en: Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp
- de: Stahlblauer Grillenjäger
- fr: Isodonte mexicaine

## Countries with the most observations

US (2908), DE (1879), FR (1174), CA (560), AT (537), PL (193), CZ (187), CH (181), IT (131), GB (75), ES (72), UA (68)

## Summary

Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is mainly found throughout North America, but has become established in Europe, primarily France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, and Spain.
The adults grow up to 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in) long, the body is completely black, the thorax is quite hairy and the wings have a smoky-brown color. They can be encountered from early summer through September. Females are larger and emerge as adults later in the season than males.
Isodontia mexicana is a typical case of a species arrived accidentally…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isodontia_mexicana

## Photo

![Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-grass-carrying-wasp/medium.jpg)

Photo: seakmus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52130121

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-grass-carrying-wasp?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).