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Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia auripes)
Photo#150907
Copyright © 2007
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
Which wasp? -
Isodontia auripes
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 8, 2007
Size: i inch approx (large)
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Contributed by
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
on 8 October, 2007 - 1:38pm
Grass-carrier.
These images are of Isodontia auripes. Orange legs are distinctive, though Sphex nudus has nearly identical coloration. But, Isodontia usually rest with wings splayed like this. Sphex rest with wings flat over their back.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 8 October, 2007 - 1:44pm
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Thanks! I thought it remi
Thanks!
I thought it reminded me of an Isodontia but not the one I usually find. I wondered about the leg colour.
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Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
, 8 October, 2007 - 1:52pm
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