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Potter wasp - Symmorphus albomarginatus - female
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Potter wasp - Symmorphus albomarginatus - Female
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
May 25, 2006
I think this is an Ancistrocerus. Enjoyed the behavior shot but not sure it can be ID'd.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 2 June, 2006 - 2:41pm
Last updated 22 June, 2007 - 12:43pm

Moved
Moved from Symmorphus.
… Matthias Buck, 22 June, 2007 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Symmorphus albomarginatus, female (IL)
See comments elsewhere. Further north the species usually shows whitish instead of yellow markings.
… Matthias Buck, 22 June, 2007 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Symmorphus sp. - female collecting mortar
Compare with picture nr 51505. This one species is at least very closely related, if not the same. ID to species level is very difficult without a close-up of the mesopleuron.
Three specimens of this Eumenine genus are now available: it would be a good thing that somebody with editor status (which I'm not) create a new page.
Symmorphus are tube dwellers just like most Ancistrocerus or Euodynerus sp. Therefore, they should be referred as "Mason Wasps", not "Potter Wasps" like Eumenes.
… Richard Vernier, 3 June, 2006 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the effort. I knew the image was not good idea material but might be behavioral. And sorry - no mesopleuron shot. :) Maybe next time!
… Steve Scott, 3 June, 2006 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to new guide page
… Beatriz Moisset, 16 June, 2006 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Eumenes sp.?
Looks like Eumenes.
… Adalbert Goertz, 2 June, 2006 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It looks like a possibility.
… Steve Scott, 2 June, 2006 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

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