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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia elegans)
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Grass-carrying Wasp - Isodontia elegans
Copyright © 2005 Bruce Marlin

Grass-carrying Wasp - Isodontia elegans
West Chicago Prairie, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2005
Size: 25mm
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 3 July, 2005 - 10:50am
Last updated 11 July, 2005 - 9:02pm

Muy bien
Thanks Eric. How do you keep track of this stuff!?
(Can someone make a guide entry for this species? Thanks)
… Bruce Marlin, 7 July, 2005 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
Done.
And moved to guide. Beautiful image.
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 July, 2005 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Isodontia elegans.
Very nice portrait of a "grass-carrier" wasp, Isodontia elegans. At least part of that genus needs revision. I collected this species in Cincinnati in the 1990s, and at that time it was only known from the western half of the U.S. The leading authority I consulted didn't know what to make of it, but I suspect "elegans" will eventually be a synonym of I. mexicana, or vice versa.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 July, 2005 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I. mexicana
Hi Eric. Thanks for that ID, but I'm confused. I found an image of Isodontia mexicana HERE and it's all black.
… Bruce Marlin, 6 July, 2005 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Color varies.
Color patterns alone are not enough to be considered a separate species. Will be interesting to see what happens with this genus (or rather the subgenus, Murrayella).
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2005 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

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