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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Xiphydriid Wood Wasps (Xiphydriidae) » Xiphydria » Xiphydria abdominalis
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Xiphydriidae, lateral - Xiphydria abdominalis
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Xiphydriidae, lateral - Xiphydria abdominalis
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
June 14, 2008
Size: 10 mm
Woodland malaise June 1-14, 2008

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 18 February, 2011 - 9:37pm
Last updated 27 February, 2011 - 12:14pm

great! MJ & Dave -- thanks for the nice addition
Moved from Xiphydriid Wood Wasps.
… v belov, 27 February, 2011 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Xiphydriidae
Xiphydria abdominalis Say. The preferred host is Tilia americana.
… Dave Smith, 27 February, 2011 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I completely missed this.
(I was in transit.) Thanks so much for the identification and the preferred host. The yard has several basswood trees but I've not seen this beautiful wasp before.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 March, 2011 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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