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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Blue-black Spider Wasps (Anoplius) » Subgenus Arachnophroctonus (Anoplius Subgenus Arachnophroctonus) » Anoplius americanus
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wasp - Anoplius americanus
Copyright © 2012 Jack Foreman

wasp - Anoplius americanus
Franklin County, Missouri, USA
September 30, 2012
This wasp was found on a sandbar on the Missouri river.

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Contributed by Jack Foreman on 10 December, 2012 - 7:47am
Last updated 12 August, 2013 - 4:40pm

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Nick Fensler, 12 August, 2013 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Nick!
.
… Jack Foreman, 13 August, 2013 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 10 December, 2012 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks John
… Jack Foreman, 10 December, 2012 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

Spider Wasp
My guess would be a spider wasp in the Family Pompilidae.
… Ilona L., 10 December, 2012 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks Ilona L.
… Jack Foreman, 10 December, 2012 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

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