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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) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Sphaeropthalminae » Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Sphaeropthalmini) » Sphaeropthalma » Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica » Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica pensylvanica
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unknown wasp 1 - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica
Copyright © 2013 Lee Ruth

unknown wasp 1 - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica
Cass County, Texas, USA
July 24, 2013
Size: 1/2"
I think it is a wasp. It landed on the hood of my truck.

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Contributed by Lee Ruth on 24 July, 2013 - 10:27pm
Last updated 1 June, 2021 - 6:30am

Moved
Moved from Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 1 June, 2021 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 4 August, 2013 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

Here's hoping I'm not too rus
Here's hoping I'm not too rusty, but I'm pretty sure this one is Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica.
… Jordan Gesell, 27 July, 2013 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 25 July, 2013 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

A velvet ant, male
Family Mutillidae
… roar, 24 July, 2013 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

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