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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Sphaeropthalminae » Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Sphaeropthalmini) » Odontophotopsis
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Night-flying hymenoptera - Odontophotopsis - male
Copyright © 2009 Fred Bentler

Night-flying hymenoptera - Odontophotopsis - Male
Lake Roosevelt, Ferry County, Washington, USA
August 19, 2009
Size: 12mm
I took this to be a male mutillid wasp but don't know for sure. It and a few others just like it were attracted to a black light set out at midnight for a few hours. Anything more definitive would be greatly appreciated. 1st of 2 photos.

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Contributed by Fred Bentler on 6 September, 2009 - 2:53pm
Last updated 3 October, 2009 - 1:17am

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