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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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Crabronid - Tachytes distinctus - male
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

Crabronid - Tachytes distinctus - Male
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
August 17, 2006
Size: ~15mm
i just enjoyed the picture...
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Contributed by edward trammel on 20 September, 2006 - 11:39pm
Last updated 16 February, 2017 - 8:19am

Moved
Moved from Tachytes.
… Bob Biagi, 16 February, 2017 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

Male - Tachytes distinctus
Here are some of the key features that are visible in this guy's image:
1. - No long hairs on the ventral side of the hind femur = Pass
2. - Light colored mandibles = Pass
3. - Males with flagellum segment F1 at least 10% longer than F2 = Pass (distinctus group)
4. - Reflective pubescence on edges of scutum = Pass
5. - Slightly darkened wings with orange coloring = Pass
6. - Hind tibia all or mostly red = Pass
7. - Male with pale tergal fasciae on T1 to T4 = Pass
8. - Body size of a male ≈ 15mm = Pass
Here is a female that I already identified, from your state: ♀ (widespread)
… Bob Biagi, 6 February, 2017 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

Male
11 flagellomeres = ♂
… Bob Biagi, 25 September, 2015 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

So do we!
We like it, too, Edward. Very nice:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2006 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Sensational!
I like the way you picked up the foliage color with the eye. Excellent design sense?
… Ron Hemberger, 21 September, 2006 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
thank you both for the kind words... i think the plant was a goldenrod that was not in bloom yet. sometimes everything works out, and makes for a nice picture.
… edward trammel, 21 September, 2006 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

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