Digger wasps belong to the order Hymenoptera. The female Digger wasp involves preparing a nest using spiny brushes on her legs. This burrow usually branches at the end and each branch will have a separate egg laid in it. She provisions it with prey as food for her offspring, laying her eggs and then sealing up the nest. When an egg hatches the resulting wasp larva eats the prey stored for it in the nest. After feeding on the prey the larvae will pupate and eventually emerges from the nest as an adult wasp.

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