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Sphecidae - Prionyx
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Sphecidae - Prionyx
Mescal Rd, towards Rincon Mnts, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 7, 2007
The wasp is big - the Trichodes is 12 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 6 February, 2009 - 9:28am
Last updated 10 March, 2009 - 4:20pm

Nectar for everybody
A fly, a Clerid beetle and a Sphecid Wasp at once. These "flowers" remind me of a South-American Senecio sp. widely cultivated throughout Mediterranean France, flowering also in September and very attractive for many insects.
The Wasp is a female of the tribe Sphecini, most likely genus Prionyx based of the strong legs. But confirmation by a North-American expert is needed.
… Richard Vernier, 6 February, 2009 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
yes
a Prionyx
… John S. Ascher, 6 February, 2009 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
Baccharis salicifolia
Seep Willow. One of our two Baccharis species that are probably good for 80% of all the day active insects we photograph in Arizona. But I do remember that Senecio from the Mediterranean.
… margarethe brummermann, 6 February, 2009 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info
And I should have known, since the "Senecio" I meant is actually Baccharis halimifolia...
… Richard Vernier, 7 February, 2009 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

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