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Black and Orange Wasps Mating - Podalonia - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Elliott

Black and Orange Wasps Mating - Podalonia - Male Female
around Pinyon Pines, Riverside County, California, USA
April 4, 2008
Ammophila?

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Black and Orange Wasps Mating - Podalonia - male - female Black and Orange Wasps Mating - Podalonia - male - female
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 April, 2008 - 11:57am
Last updated 21 April, 2008 - 12:19pm

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 21 April, 2008 - 12:19pm

Podalonia
Note the long sternum 1 (continuation of petiole) reaching base of second abdominal segment.
… Matthias Buck, 21 April, 2008 - 12:19pm

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