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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption » assectator or kirbii (Gasteruption assectator or kirbii)
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Ammophila of some kind? - Gasteruption
Copyright © 2009 Gary McDonald

Ammophila of some kind? - Gasteruption
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
June 22, 2009
Size: ~12mm total length.
Seen on yarrow in our yard. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Ammophila of some kind? - Gasteruption Ammophila of some kind? - Gasteruption
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 26 June, 2009 - 12:41pm
Last updated 2 July, 2010 - 4:34pm

Moved
Moved from Gasteruption.
Please see Dave Smith's remarks for a more detailed explanation of these two similar species.
… Harsi S. Parker, 2 July, 2010 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Yes!
i agree. Ammophila for sure. i can't tell the species,sorry.
… Breanna Lyle, 26 June, 2009 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Gasteruptiid wasp
This is a Gasteruptiid wasp in the genus Gasteruption. In the field these definitely look like Ammophila wannabes hehe. The metasoma (abdomen) is attached at a high point to the propodeum on the thorax. There's also an ovipositor, something the stinging wasps lack.
… George Waldren, 26 June, 2009 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Not too many submissions of these...
...from California. Nice to see one on yarrow. All the other images from CA for this family have been on buckwheat (including my own which I have yet to submit). I was beginning to wonder if that was the only plant they ever visited!
… Harsi S. Parker, 26 June, 2009 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Echoing Harsi
Yes, it certainly is good to see more of these intriguing creatures.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 June, 2009 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

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