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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) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Larrini » Gastrosericina » Tachysphex
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black bee or wasp - Tachysphex - male
Copyright © 2010 Tim Lethbridge

black bee or wasp - Tachysphex - Male
Archbold Biological Station - Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
August 9, 2009
Size: 15mm roughly
I am not sure if this is a bee or a wasp. The eyes had a bluish tint to them.

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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 30 January, 2010 - 8:25pm
Last updated 18 August, 2015 - 6:06am

Moved
Moved from Larrini.
… Tim Lethbridge, 2 February, 2010 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

Tachysphex, probably
Probably a Tachysphex; T. similis is common in your area.
… Matthias Buck, 1 February, 2010 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps.
… Tim Lethbridge, 1 February, 2010 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

Larrini
Tribe is Larrini, family is Crabronidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 January, 2010 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

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