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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Scolioidea » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Campsomerini » Dielis » Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp (Dielis plumipes) » Dielis plumipes confluenta
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Wasp - What's going on here? - Dielis plumipes - male
Copyright © 2005 Jay Cossey

Wasp - What's going on here? - Dielis plumipes - Male
Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
June 25, 2004
I'd love to know what this wasp is, and what's going on in this shot. There are 2 or 3 yellow/orange things on it's leg.
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Contributed by Jay Cossey on 15 March, 2005 - 2:19pm
Last updated 22 February, 2021 - 4:16pm

Moved
Moved from Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 February, 2021 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Campsomeris.
… George Waldren, 21 October, 2010 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scoliid Wasps.
… George Waldren, 3 September, 2009 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Wasp ID
Cool photo.
The wasp is definitely a scoliid male. Based on the locality and general appearance, I think it is Campsomeris plumipes.
… Kevin Williams, 16 March, 2005 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks everyone!
Jay Cossey
Photographs From Nature

This is so cool--I'm most grateful for all the expert input!
… Jay Cossey, 16 March, 2005 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

Milkweed pollinia
They look like the pollinia (pollen sacs) of milkweed. I have seen many insects, from bumblebees to ladybugs, with them hanging from their feet. You can see one example in this page
… Beatriz Moisset, 15 March, 2005 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
I agree, the sacs are from milkweed. I have even seen dead honey bees on milkweed flowers that became hopelessly entangled in those sticky things. Oh, the wasp is a male scoliid, by the way:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 March, 2005 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

? Orchid Pollen sacs
These look like pollen sacs of orchids; the wasp stuck its body into an orchid flower and the orchid somehow clamps the pollen sacs onto the legs. When the wasp visits another orchid the pollen is transferred. I think maybe other plants use a similar mechanism, ?milkweed.
… A.W. Thomas, 15 March, 2005 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

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