Thank you. :o)

This is an outstanding shot of a female Bembix species. Size alone rules out Microbembex, though otherwise the two are quite similar at a glance. Oh, I know this is a female by her "tarsal rake," the spines coming off her front 'feet.'

Thank you Eric.

Are there any details of this specimen that might help help with a species ID? With the tear in her left wing she is relatively easy to identify with moderate certainty and this means I have more shots of her. I can provide a more detailed shot of her right legs, an out focus image top down showing here abdomens patterning and a spine on middle segment of her left rear leg pointing inwards, and a slightly off vertical shot showing her abdomen and thorax along with the left wing joint and some detail of the venation of her left inner wing.

If the answer is to read a book, the sites FAQs (which I could not find), then please point me that way and I will learn on my own. The real trick here is I want to know when to shoot extra non-art shots for identification reasons.

thank you,

Sean