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Weevil wasp - Cerceris fumipennis

Weevil wasp - Cerceris fumipennis
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
May 31, 2004
Looks a lot like the weevil wasp on this site, except this one's bands are more white than yellow. Also lacks the thin bands farther down the abdomen.

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Yes, this is a "weevil wasp," genus Cerceris, probably C. fumipennis, a pretty large, distinctive eastern species. All members of the sphecid tribe Philanthini have the "tire-like" divisions of the abdominal segments, most pronounced in Cerceris and Eucerceris.

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