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Ceropales elegans - male
Copyright © 2004 Nick Fensler

Ceropales elegans - Male
Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
August 7, 2004
Size: 10 mm
This is subspecies C. e. quaintancei, the subspecies found in Ohio and most of the east. It is one of the more ornate spider wasps. It is probably a Mullerian Mimic complex with species in the genera Tachypompilus and Poecilopompilus.
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Contributed by Nick Fensler on 8 July, 2006 - 4:29pm
Last updated 9 July, 2007 - 7:20pm

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