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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 distinctus
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Parasitic wasp? - Tachytes distinctus - female
Copyright © 2016 Philippine

Parasitic wasp? - Tachytes distinctus - Female
Pullman, Whitman County, Washington, USA
August 11, 2016
Size: about 2 1/2 cm long
All photos are of the same individual which was exclusively visiting Eriogonum umbellatum. I have never before nocticed this particular wasp in our yard.

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Parasitic wasp? - Tachytes distinctus - female Parasitic wasp? - Tachytes distinctus - female Parasitic wasp? - Tachytes distinctus - female Parasitic wasp? - Tachytes distinctus - female
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Contributed by Philippine on 11 August, 2016 - 10:49pm
Last updated 18 February, 2017 - 3:18pm

Moved
Moved from Tachytes.
… Bob Biagi, 18 February, 2017 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 12 August, 2016 - 6:52am login or register to post comments

Female - Tachytes sp
Steve is correct. Your wasp looks like a female Tachytes distinctus. The image that he linked is also a female and probably the same species. (3 pale abdominal stripes on the females) 6 abdominal segments = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 11 August, 2016 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

not one of the "Parasitica"
looks like it might be Tachytes but wait for an expert
… Steve Scholnick, 11 August, 2016 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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