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small wasp - Symmorphus
Copyright © 2005 Erik Blosser

small wasp - Symmorphus
Newport News, Virginia, USA
May 17, 2005
This was a small wasp (reminds me of a mason wasp I took a picture of last summer but with different markings and different wings). Also the eye is different than I have seen before. I have other pictures from other angles if helpful for ID.
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Contributed by Erik Blosser on 18 May, 2005 - 5:39pm
Last updated 20 November, 2006 - 5:01pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 November, 2006 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

Symmorphus sp.
Pretty certain that this is indeed a mason wasp (Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the genus Symmorphus. They are pretty distinctive, and tiny as most mason wasps go.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 May, 2005 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
I was sure...
there was already a Symmorphus in this Guide. As a second, bigger species is now present, it would be a good thing to create a page for this peculiar genus.
… Richard Vernier, 22 May, 2006 - 6:03am login or register to post comments

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