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Photo#42815
Sphecid Wasp??
Copyright © 2006 R. Bercha

Sphecid Wasp??
Bragg Creek, Southern, Alberta, Canada
June 14, 2004
Not sure of the sub-family - possibly Astatine?

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Sphecid Wasp?? Sphecid Wasp??
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Contributed by R. Bercha on 14 February, 2006 - 11:38pm
Last updated 29 October, 2006 - 1:19am

Moved
Moved from Larrinae.
… Robin McLeod, 29 October, 2006 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
to Larrinae guide page
… Chuck Entz, 20 February, 2006 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

Sphecid Wasp
Either Astatinae or Larrinae. Unfortunately, the picture is too small to see the shape of the lateral Ocelli. Astatinae have "normal" ones while most Larrinae have them more or less modified. Overall outline fits both with Astatinae and with genera like Tachytes or Tachysphex among Larrinae.
… Richard Vernier, 15 February, 2006 - 7:03am login or register to post comments

 
Close-up of Head
I've added a close up of the head - does this help narrow the ID?
… R. Bercha, 15 February, 2006 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Astatinae.
Even before you posted the head shot, I could tell it was probably something in the Larrinae. Astatinae never have greenish eyes, at least not in my experience. That is more typical of Tachytes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 February, 2006 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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