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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae » Crabronidae » Aphid Wasps (Pemphredoninae) » Psenini
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wasp and hopper
Copyright © 2007 Steve Kortum

wasp and hopper
Weldon Spring, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
June 17, 2007
Looking for help in the ID for the wasp. Thanks!
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Contributed by Steve Kortum on 19 June, 2007 - 5:51pm
Last updated 6 July, 2007 - 4:10pm

Is the prey the wasps only so
Is the prey the wasps only source of food or do they also feed off of nectar?
… Steve Kortum, 20 June, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Psenini
Pemphredoninae
… John S. Ascher, 19 June, 2007 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Awesome!
What a great image! Having the wasp with its prey is really helpful in identification, too, because most wasps are very host-specific. This wasp is in the family Crabronidae, tribe Psenini, and might even be the genus Psen itself. Let's wait for other opinions beyond tribal level, though. Prey here is a spittlebug adult.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 June, 2007 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

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