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Yellow bee/wasp face - Cerceris rufopicta - female
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Yellow bee/wasp face - Cerceris rufopicta - Female
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA
July 2, 2008
Size: hole is 4 mm across
Peeking out of a hole in the ground. Not necessarily the same individual, but apparently the same species, as this one:
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 September, 2008 - 12:33am
Last updated 8 September, 2008 - 10:00pm

Cerceris rufopicta, female (TN)
The clypeal process of the female of this species is highly characteristic. Different subfamily than Crabro.
… Matthias Buck, 8 September, 2008 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
That's reassuring; I couldn't find any Crabro images with a yellow face like this, and also it seemed that a Crabro should have its antennae arising lower on the face than this.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 September, 2008 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crabro.
… Matthias Buck, 8 September, 2008 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

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