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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Ancistrocerus » Ancistrocerus campestris
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wasp - Ancistrocerus campestris - female
Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

wasp - Ancistrocerus campestris - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 15, 2007
Wasp gathering nectar on one of the wild Aster species.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 22 January, 2010 - 3:22pm
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 5:54pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ilona L., 22 January, 2010 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Ancistrocerus campestris -female
Thank you for sharing these breathtaking pics.
… Richard Vernier, 22 January, 2010 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Ancistrocerus campestris
Thanks for the ID. I'm glad to have this one identified to species.
… Ilona L., 22 January, 2010 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

I'm thinking
it's a Potter or Mason Wasp in the Subfamily Eumeninae. Others will no doubt be able to give you a more definitive ID (or correct me if I'm wrong).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 January, 2010 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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