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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 » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Larrini » Gastrosericina » Tachytes » Tachytes crassus
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wasp 1 - Tachytes crassus - female
Copyright © 2016 sh11

wasp 1 - Tachytes crassus - Female
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
July 9, 2016
Tachytes? (maybe T. crassus??)

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Contributed by sh11 on 12 July, 2016 - 12:43pm
Last updated 18 February, 2017 - 12:24pm

Moved
Moved from Tachytes.

The BOLD website has a page for this species and also a few of the others that might be found in your area. This is a first for Ontario, congrats!
… Bob Biagi, 18 February, 2017 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much
for this ID update Bob- I appreciate your help!
… sh11, 18 February, 2017 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 July, 2016 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Female - Tachytes crassus
Yes, you are correct and she is feeding on the same plant as the all of the others, Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata. This wasp has 10 flagellomeres, 6 abdominal segments and 3 pale stripes (for females of this species) = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 12 July, 2016 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Bob-
I appreciate you drawing my attention to these diagnostic features.
… sh11, 12 July, 2016 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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