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Threadwaisted Wasp - Ammophila pictipennis
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Threadwaisted Wasp - Ammophila pictipennis
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
October 2, 2004
On Climbing Boneset, Mikania scandens. What is apparently this species (orange wings, dark thorax) is illustrated on p. 142 of Deyrup (1), and on this page from Florida Nature. Thanks, of course, to Eric Eaton, for identifying this as A. pictipennis.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 7 October, 2004 - 6:36am
Last updated 20 February, 2005 - 7:47pm

A. .pictipennis?
This is one we are still looking to include in the field guide. The orange wings are pretty distinctive. A. urnaria has clear wings; not familiar with A. placidus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 October, 2004 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
as far as I now
A. placidus now refers in a more limited sense to a very similar western species; my understanding is that eastern records of "placidus" in the broad sense actually pertain to pictipennis
… John S. Ascher, 25 September, 2006 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
great, put it on the list
Great, put it on the list, I presume that is all going through Nora Bowers.

"Pictipennis" means "painted wings", I guess.

Do you think that other Ammophila I've seen here in Durham is A. procera? It looks like the photos at Insects of Cedar Creek. Opinions?

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 8 October, 2004 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

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