Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes distinctus

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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 » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Larrini » Gastrosericina » Tachytes » Tachytes distinctus

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Copyright © 2006 Aaron Michael Peterson

Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes distinctus -

Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
July 12, 2006

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Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes distinctus - male

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Contributed by Aaron Michael Peterson on 15 July, 2006 - 12:07am
Last updated 15 February, 2017 - 8:09pm

Moved

Moved from Tachytes.

… Bob Biagi, 15 February, 2017 - 8:09pm

Thanks for the help with the ID!!

… Aaron Michael Peterson, 15 July, 2006 - 7:36pm

Moved to guide.

… Beatriz Moisset, 27 July, 2006 - 9:40pm

No, it is a wasp.

This is another species of Tachytes. Size alone rules out Mydas clavatus, as does the range, as that fly does not occur in Oregon.

… Eric R. Eaton, 15 July, 2006 - 12:34am

Thanks

Thanks for the correction.

… Marvin Smith, 15 July, 2006 - 3:20am

Mydas clavatus

A Mydas Fly, I think.

Compare:

… Marvin Smith, 15 July, 2006 - 12:28am

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