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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Ammophilinae » Eremnophila » Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)
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Thread-waist - Eremnophila aureonotata
Copyright © 2011 Stephen_WV

Thread-waist - Eremnophila aureonotata
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
September 17, 2010
Anyone recognize this Ammophila species?

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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 4 February, 2011 - 3:06pm
Last updated 25 March, 2014 - 7:49am

Moved
Moved from Ammophila.
… John S. Ascher, 25 March, 2014 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Looks like we can almost believe we see silver spots
on the sides. Could it also be
?
… john and jane balaban, 4 February, 2011 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
That was my thought, too.
Especially with the additional angle.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 February, 2011 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
Sounds good
Sounds good... But don't the Ammophila species sometimes have pale spots on the thorax too? Maybe just located differently?
… Stephen_WV, 5 February, 2011 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
Some Ammophila have silver stripes...
Not sure about spots, to be honest.

Most Ammophila I've seen have at least a bit of bright red/orange on the abdomen (although I'm sure there are exceptions). I was pretty much going by the Guide, which says that "the blue-black body and silvery/gold patches ... are distinctive" for E. aureonotata.

To be safe, wait to see what the wasp experts have to say (I'm not one of them).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 February, 2011 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

 
Not sure either
I did see some BG images of Ammophila spp. with silvery thoracic stripes. My dial-up is so slow I often rely on Stephen Marshall's big insects book, and he seems to have some images with silvery spots in Ammophila, but it is not easy to see.
… Stephen_WV, 5 February, 2011 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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