Buzzard wasp

Buzzard Wasps are chimerical creatures native to the Si Wong Desert. One of the Buzzard Wasps captured Momo, prompting Aang to save him with the use of Airbending. In anger, Aang sent an air blade several hundred yards knocking the creature down. It is not certain if the animal died upon impact or was stunned temporarily.

Anatomy
These creatures are six legged insects that have a vulture-like head and a bee or wasp-like body. They have brown, white and gray stripes on their abdomen, and their necks are dark grey with a light gray ruff at the body. These creatures also have a beak. They have wings attached to their thorax and are capable of flight.

Connection
Buzzard Wasps seem to be a combination of a vulture and a wasp. Vultures are large scavenger birds that are distinguished by their bald heads.



Behavior
The Buzzard Wasps live in caves they dug out of Si Wong Rock. The gooey substance on their cave walls has the flavor of rotten penguin meat, as Sokka remarked, which is the equivalent of honey and produced in a similar way. They will attack if provoked by something invading their nest. In such cases, they can be considered dangerous. It is possible they feed on carrion, though may also mean that they feed on live animals.

Trivia

 * It is unknown if the creatures have stingers as they did not appear to attack the gang with them.
 * While Sokka was under the influence of cactus juice, he called them "circle birds".
 * Their name and appearance seems to be a pun on Vulture Bees, a type of bee that feeds on rotting meat instead of nectar.