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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Prionychini
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Wasp
Copyright © 2016 Alex Corsten

Wasp
Yakima River, Benton County, Washington, USA
June 29, 2014
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Contributed by Alex Corsten on 8 June, 2016 - 12:55am
Last updated 11 June, 2016 - 12:41pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 June, 2016 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

Female - Thread-waisted Wasp
After ruling out most of the Spider Wasps, Sand Wasps, Vespids, Scoliids, and Parasitica, the blue coloring overall, combined with the body and head shapes seem to point to the genus Palmodes, but I don't know them well enough to be sure. The tarsal rake on the fore-legs = ♀
I tried to match the mandible shape to other images, but I'm still not 100% sure. A wing-vein shot might help you out tremendously. Can you estimate the approximate size, from the standard-average of the flower sizes or the petal lengths? (anther length)x8
… Bob Biagi, 9 June, 2016 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

 
Flower Size
I went out and measured some of these flowers and they are right around 1/2 inch.
… Alex Corsten, 9 June, 2016 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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