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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Vitacea » Grape Root Borer - Hodges#2530 (Vitacea polistiformis)
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Wasp-like moth in Southwest Florida - Vitacea polistiformis - female
Copyright © 2016 Andrew

Wasp-like moth in Southwest Florida - Vitacea polistiformis - Female
Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA
June 19, 2016
Size: <1"
This little bug fooled my dad into thinking he was a wasp, but he couldn't fool me. I have heard of moths that mimic Yellowjackets, but I've never seen one that looks so much like a paper wasp. He was suspended on a screen enclosure when I found him, late in the afternoon.

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Wasp-like moth in Southwest Florida - Vitacea polistiformis - female Wasp-like moth in Southwest Florida - Vitacea polistiformis - female
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Contributed by Andrew on 19 June, 2016 - 8:50pm
Last updated 20 June, 2016 - 4:22pm

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MOTH ID
A worn female Vitacea polistiformis (Graperoot Borer).
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