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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) » Ammophilinae » Eremnophila » Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)
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wasp - Eremnophila aureonotata - male
Copyright © 2015 eileen miller

wasp - Eremnophila aureonotata - Male
Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa, USA
September 7, 2014
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Contributed by eileen miller on 24 March, 2015 - 7:21am
Last updated 8 August, 2015 - 1:14pm

Moved
Moved from Ammophilinae.
… john and jane balaban, 8 August, 2015 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

Looks like we see the silvery patches of
… john and jane balaban, 24 March, 2015 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
Males!
John and Jane, you are correct and they are both males!
:)

NOTE: The "episternal sulcus" is just barely visible and in partial shadow, but you can still see the angled notch, adjacent to the shiny silvered area.
… Bob Biagi, 8 August, 2015 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
I wasn't entirely sure I was seeing those patches...
Hence its journey to subfamily. :)

Please feel free to move it if you're confident.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 March, 2015 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
?Eremnophila aureonotata
I agree about the silvery patches. What about the tiny patch of red just before the swelling of the abdomen? Is that of any significance?
… eileen miller, 24 March, 2015 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 March, 2015 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

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