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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 » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Bembicinae » Sand Wasps (Bembicini) » Bembicina » Bicyrtes » Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus)
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'Who ' please. - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Copyright © 2009 Cathy Wilson

'Who ' please. - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Toledo, lucas County, Ohio, USA
August 10, 2009
This little insect was making a burrow in the sandy trail ahead of me.
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Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 19 August, 2009 - 9:40pm
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 19 September, 2009 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Identification
This is a Cicada Killer Wasp. They show up, for me, in the later part of summer. They sting/inject cicadas with their eggs, which grown inside of the cicadas. From what I've read, they are not agressive, however, they do chase me on the lawnmower :)
… Brian Beauchamp, 21 August, 2009 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
This isn't a cicada killer
Though it does look somewhat like one. Compare with a Cicada Killer below:
… Lynette Elliott, 21 August, 2009 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Bicyrtes ?
Maybe something close to Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
… Lynette Elliott, 19 August, 2009 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
that's the species
… John S. Ascher, 23 August, 2009 - 4:45am login or register to post comments

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