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large wasp - Stizoides renicinctus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

large wasp - Stizoides renicinctus
near Hallelulah Junction, Lassen County, California, USA
June 25, 2006
There were a number of these on yellow buckwheat around a quarry.
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Contributed by tom murray on 6 July, 2006 - 8:13pm
Last updated 11 October, 2006 - 10:04pm

Thanks again John
I wish I got a better picture, but these wasps kept moving, and the breeze didn't help either.
… tom murray, 11 October, 2006 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

Stizoides renicinctus
good find
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2006 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

Don't ask me:-)
I don't have a clue. Thought initially it was a pompilid (spider wasp), but it is not. That leaves Sphecidae, but I have no idea even what subfamily it would go into.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 July, 2006 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
moving to the Sphecid page
There were some Sphex pennsylvanica around with these guys, and this one was just a little smaller.
Thanks Eric:-{
… tom murray, 7 July, 2006 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Is it
mating?
… Adalbert Goertz, 7 July, 2006 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
It's just nectaring
That's an ornate checkered beetle under her.
… tom murray, 7 July, 2006 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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