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yellow-bellied wasp
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

yellow-bellied wasp
Port Franks Forested Dunes, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
May 10, 2004
Size: body about 10 mm
A pupal case (7 mm long) was collected 11 Apr 2004 from a sand dune bordering Lake Huron. A wasp emerged from the case on 9 May but died the next day, shortly before these photos were taken. I've been unable to find photos of anything with such extensive yellow on the underside.

These photos were originally posted on 5 Dec 2004 and then deleted after going unidentified for 2 years.

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 June, 2007 - 4:37pm
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 8:50am

Moved
Moved from Black and Yellow.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Lynette Schimming, 7 June, 2008 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 October, 2007 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

I am glad
that you posted them again. Maybe we are getting a little more enlightened by now and do better this time. Interesting images.
… Beatriz Moisset, 15 June, 2007 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
The odd thing about the pupal cases
was their location - lying unprotected on the sand not attached to anything; I remember several cases being blown across the dunes by the wind, and that's what caught my eye. If they had been buried at one time, perhaps the wind unearthed them?
… Robin McLeod, 15 June, 2007 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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