Bluish Wasp - Isodontia apicalis

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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) » Isodontia apicalis

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Copyright © 2009 Matt Coors

Bluish Wasp - Isodontia apicalis -

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
August 9, 2009
Size: 1"

Found this this wasp prowling around my parents' yard.

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Bluish Wasp - Isodontia apicalis - female

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Contributed by Matt Coors on 16 August, 2009 - 2:14am
Last updated 17 September, 2009 - 5:00pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John F. Carr, 17 September, 2009 - 5:00pm

Isodontia philadelphica

female

I believe (would welcome a second opinion)

… John S. Ascher, 16 August, 2009 - 10:17am

I. apicalis

This is probably Isodontia apicalis. I. philadelphica has the thorax covered in black hairs, not white like this one. The large head and really stocky build would tend to rule out I. mexicana. Nice find, this is one of the least common species of the genus there in Cincinnati (I lived there and collected wasps for eleven years).

… Eric R. Eaton, 17 August, 2009 - 11:45am

Great,

thanks for the comments and I.D.!

… Matt Coors, 25 August, 2009 - 1:02am

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