Crioscolia flammicoma male - Crioscolia flammicoma

stunning shot!!!!!

… Jason Wagner, 19 November, 2008 - 12:16am

Awesome shot!

I just made a guide page for the genus and species, so drag it over when you are ready.

… George Waldren, 18 November, 2008 - 7:44pm

Dragging a species

Thanks for the compliment, George. Please advise how to drag over to a guide page.

… Lynn Monroe, 18 November, 2008 - 10:08pm

I just moved it over, it's a

I just moved it over, it's a bit more difficult to find a page if there aren't any photos in it.

To move an image, hit tag, then go to the species page and hit "move tagged images."

… George Waldren, 19 November, 2008 - 12:04am

Tagging images

Thanks, George, for moving it over and for the instructions on how to move an image. I'm fairly new to BugGuide and still don't know all the ropes. I'll learn!

… Lynn Monroe, 20 November, 2008 - 12:12pm

Welcome to Bugguide

Nice shot.
It takes a while to learn things such as moving images, so if in doubt just holler; there is always somebody ready to help.

… Beatriz Moisset, 21 November, 2008 - 3:11pm

just magnificient

… v belov, 18 November, 2008 - 6:48pm

Thanks!

Thanks, v belov and William Erickson. What a difference in results between trying to photograph a flying insect as it darts about from flower to flower and actually having an insect pose for its portrait!

… Lynn Monroe, 18 November, 2008 - 10:13pm

Well...

First, congratulations and thank you for sharing this nice pic.
But, this one wasp IS a male too. There are seven visible urites (gastral segments) and the head of a female would be distinctly stouter. Length of antennae is difficult to assess from this angle, and what could be mistaken for a stinger is actually the longest of the three spines all Scoliid males have at the apex of the last urosternite.

… Richard Vernier, 18 November, 2008 - 5:35pm

Male versus female

Thanks so much, Richard, for sharing this information with me. Yes, I do get 7 segments --I missed that last one since I thought I was seeing a stinger! I did not know all scoliid males have three spines, something I'll be on the lookout for in my other scoliids.

… Lynn Monroe, 18 November, 2008 - 6:33pm

cool

NICE! Good addition.

… William Ericson, 18 November, 2008 - 6:45pm