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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphrini) » Black Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphron) » Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)
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Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Wasp - Sceliphron caementarium - male
Copyright © 2013 Robert Lord Zimlich

Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Wasp - Sceliphron caementarium - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 11, 2013

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Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Wasp - Sceliphron caementarium - male Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Wasp - Sceliphron caementarium
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 June, 2013 - 12:53am
Last updated 13 July, 2015 - 1:14pm

Adult Male!
Robert, I'm sure that your wasp is a male wasp! Can you count his 11 flagellomeres? The female's abdomens are larger or longer and the rest position is normally pointed parallel to the ground. This position is normal for a male at rest and the size is too small for a female. Here is my female's image:


Please let me know what you think about this. Thanks
… Bob Biagi, 12 July, 2015 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

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