Wasps of Guam Author Swezey, O. H. Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu text 1942 1942-06-01 Bernice P. Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawaii Insects of Guam I 184 187 book chapter 4989 10.5281/zenodo.5160297 1df399c6-c920-4862-81a3-dd51f0a28471 5160297 DFAF50FF-2EDC-404E-93B9-1888DC3EFC81 1. Liris aurata (Fabricius) . Sphex aurata Fabricius , Ent. Syst. 2 : 213 , 1793 . Liris aurata ( Fabricius ) Syst. Piezatorum , 228 , 1804 . Williams , Hawaii . Sugar Plant. Assoc., Ent. Bull. 14 : 138 , 1919 . Piti, May 13, Aug. 20, 25, Sept. 1, 6; Agana, Aug. 20, Swezey. This beautiful golden-marked, cricket-hunting wasp was not previously recorded in Guam , but F. X. Williams gives an account of observations on its habits in the Philippines . The half dozen specimens which I obtained in Guam were mostly in the vicinity of buildings. Several times I saw a female hunting among boxes at the back of our residence where a common cricket ( Gryllodes sigillatus ) was abundant. One was captured on a cement walk; another flew into the automobile. The Guam specimens were identified by F. X. Williams.