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5013729 Wasp - Ceropales maculata
Copyright © 2005 Rob Curtis

5013729 Wasp - Ceropales maculata
Joliet, Illinois, USA
August 25, 2005
Size: ~3/4"
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 21 September, 2005 - 11:27pm
Last updated 20 July, 2007 - 1:08pm

Moved
Moved from Ceropales.
… Nick Fensler, 20 July, 2007 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Ceropales maculata
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… Nick Fensler, 20 July, 2007 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Pompilidae
Sorry guys. ;-) Note the arched pronotal margin that reaches the tegulae.
… Doug Yanega, 2 November, 2005 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, wow.
Very ornate for a pompilid, but I'll bet it is a Ceropales sp!
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 December, 2005 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric. I have now foun
Thanks Eric. I have now found that it is a subspecies of Ceropales maculata .
… Rob Curtis, 31 December, 2005 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Doug, Thanks very much fo
Hi Doug,
Thanks very much for the update on these and others. Very glad to see that you are contributing to this.
… Rob Curtis, 3 November, 2005 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Not a mason wasp:-)
Hard to believe, I know, but I have no idea what this is. My first thought was a mason wasp, but the wings aren't folded longitudinally as they are in vespids. Probably a sphecid of some kind.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 September, 2005 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I noticed that it was essenti
I noticed that it was essentially different somehow form a lot of other similarly marked wasps that I've shot.
… Rob Curtis, 22 September, 2005 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

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