Digger wasp - Aphilanthops

Thanks

... for correction. Hope I moved them to the right place now.

… Werner Eigelsreiter, 4 July, 2007 - 3:33pm

Aphilanthops

the other images are Philanthus

please do not link images of different insects

… John S. Ascher, 4 July, 2007 - 1:44pm

Some pics added

I saw the wasp again today and could get some shots of it, which I added. I hope this helps for better identification.

… Werner Eigelsreiter, 3 July, 2007 - 9:53pm

Not sure it's the same individual...

Maybe the same species or very similar but not the exact same one. In the three latest shots most of the scape, the underside of the pedicel and the underside of the first antennomere is yellow and that is not the case in the first individual you shot. Also, the clypeus in the first individual seems to be surrounded by black on the face, but the yellow on the face looks continuous in the second set of photos; again, indicating a separate individual. I'm not trying to be critical (but sorry if it seems that way) but I don't think the last three images should be linked with the first.
Also, the last three images are great. And in two you see the wasp carrying prey...looks like a bee, which would indicate Philanthus, one of the bee-wolves.

… Nick Fensler, 4 July, 2007 - 12:09pm

you are correct

its not even the same genus

… John S. Ascher, 4 July, 2007 - 1:45pm

at first glance this looks li

at first glance this looks like cerceris

… William Ericson, 3 July, 2007 - 1:38am

it looks more like Aphilanthops

to me

… John S. Ascher, 3 July, 2007 - 12:49pm

Can't help with the ID,

but I just wanted to say that I love this photo. It's so hard to get a crisp picture of a wasp doing anything interesting. Look at her go!

… Bobby Grizzard, 2 July, 2007 - 11:09pm

Thanks :)

Thanks Bobby! It was a lucky shot. I saw the wasp going into it's hole and waited until it came out again. The wasp was moving fast and I followed with the camera it's direction and clicked.

… Werner Eigelsreiter, 3 July, 2007 - 9:05am