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Species of wasp or hornet? - Campsomeris - female
Copyright © 2008 TeriR

Species of wasp or hornet? - Campsomeris - Female
Fallon, NV, Nevada, USA
June 12, 2008
Size: 1.25-1.5 inches long
Saw this insect today. It was solitary on a rock and stayed there for quite a while exercising it's wings and expanding and contracting it's abdomen. It was much larger than the usual wasps I see around my backyard.
I thought it might be a queen.
Would really be interested in knowing what it is.
Thanks.

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Species of wasp or hornet? - Campsomeris - female Species of wasp or hornet? - Campsomeris - female
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Contributed by TeriR on 12 June, 2008 - 7:31pm
Last updated 13 June, 2008 - 1:19pm

Thanks!
I appreciate your identifying this wasp for me.
You guys are good!

Teri
… TeriR, 13 June, 2008 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
Hey, it always helps to have images like yours that are at least in reasonable focus:-) Please keep posting, and thanks for sharing these.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 June, 2008 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

wasp???
its not a hornet and im pretty sure its not a yellowjacket so that leaves wasp. but now the question is: what kind of wasp? possibly a sand wasp? this is a tough one! hopefully somebody will know for sure

the expanding and contracting of the abdomen is how they breathe.
… vespula vulgaris, 12 June, 2008 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Scoliidae.
This is a scoliid wasp in the genus Campsomeris, and a female. They are solitary, and as larvae are parasitic on the grubs of scarab beetles. Adult males look much different than females.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 June, 2008 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

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