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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Scolioidea » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Campsomerini » Dielis » Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp (Dielis plumipes) » Dielis plumipes fossulana
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bee - Dielis plumipes - female
Copyright © 2012 Matt Edmonds

bee - Dielis plumipes - Female
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
July 13, 2012
Size: 1 inch
Resting on my desert rose.

I reallllllly wish I'd noticed his cool jaws and gotten a front view..... but I didn't so I didn't.

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bee - Dielis plumipes - female bee - Dielis plumipes - female
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 13 July, 2012 - 4:55pm
Last updated 22 February, 2021 - 4:06pm

Moved
Moved from Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 February, 2021 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

Campsomeris plumipes
Awesome photos!

Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 13 July, 2012 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID -
but pattern reminds me of Campsomeris plumipes to some extent...
… Ken Schneider, 13 July, 2012 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

Those are gnarly mandibles.
Need to know what species this is!
… RupeeRoundhouse, 13 July, 2012 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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