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If it's not a mud dauber, what is it?
Copyright © 2008 Isabel Cutler

If it's not a mud dauber, what is it?
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
July 16, 2008
Size: About 1"
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Contributed by Isabel Cutler on 16 July, 2008 - 5:02pm
Last updated 11 August, 2008 - 7:48pm

Sphecidae.
I can't be sure beyond family level from just this one image....
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm told it's a blue mud wasp...
Thanks for the feedback!
… Isabel Cutler, 16 July, 2008 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
not the blue mud wasp
I'm not certain what it is but my best guesses are Sphex pensylvanicus or Isodontia philadelphica
… John S. Ascher, 17 July, 2008 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably the first one...
I don't see these very often with their wings spread out as they were shown in a picture on the web. Thanks for the input.
Isabel
… Isabel Cutler, 17 July, 2008 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

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