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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) » Trypoxylini » Trypoxylon » Subgenus Trypargilum (Trypoxylon Subgenus Trypargilum) » Organ Pipe Mud-dauber Wasp (Trypoxylon politum)
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Organ pipe mud-dauber wasp - Trypoxylon politum - female
Copyright © 2017 Maria de Bruyn

Organ pipe mud-dauber wasp - Trypoxylon politum - Female
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill County, North Carolina, USA
June 4, 2017
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Contributed by Maria de Bruyn on 13 July, 2017 - 9:52pm
Last updated 30 July, 2021 - 1:23pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Trypargilum.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 30 July, 2021 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trypoxylon.
… John S. Ascher, 18 July, 2018 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

10 flagellomeres and 6 abdominal segments = ♀
It looks like she is carrying a few mites, but it is a hard to tell. Look for the fuzzy, light-brown coloring, at the back of the thorax. (sides of the propodeum)
… Bob Biagi, 13 July, 2017 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Square-headed wasp
Thank you for the additional information. I needed to look up some terms (propodeum and flagellomeres)!
… Maria de Bruyn, 14 July, 2017 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
That's some important ID info for you to remember.
Here is a closer look at some mites: ♀ Your's might be the same species, but I'm not sure.
… Bob Biagi, 14 July, 2017 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

 
mites on wasp
Thank you!
… Maria de Bruyn, 15 July, 2017 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

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