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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pseudodynerus » Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
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Unknown wasp - Pseudodynerus quadrisectus - male
Copyright © 2008 Roger Rittmaster

Unknown wasp - Pseudodynerus quadrisectus - Male
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 28, 2008
Size: about 3/4 inch
This is a common wasp in my backyard, but I don't know how to go about identifying it. Please help. Thanks.
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 28 July, 2008 - 6:21pm
Last updated 29 July, 2008 - 8:00pm

Moved
Moved from Pseudodynerus quadrisectus.
… Roger Rittmaster, 29 July, 2008 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Pseudodynerus quadrisectus.
Pretty sure, anyway. Definitely in the Eumeninae subfamily of the family Vespidae. Do wait for confirmation from others before moving to guide page. Great image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 July, 2008 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
AOK. But after looking through the guide pages, I can't imagine it being anything else.
… Roger Rittmaster, 28 July, 2008 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
ID correct
Note the largely black clypeus of males of this species which is very unusual for Eumeninae. Nice image!
… Matthias Buck, 29 July, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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