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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) » Sphecinae » Prionychini » Palmodes
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Black wasp? - Palmodes
Copyright © 2015 kantell

Black wasp? - Palmodes
Joseph; Iwetemlaykin State Park, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
July 9, 2015
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Contributed by kantell on 10 July, 2015 - 6:48pm
Last updated 4 August, 2015 - 10:41am

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… John S. Ascher, 4 August, 2015 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 2 August, 2015 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Thread-waisted Wasp!
Kantell, the wing patterns and the thick bumpy-spiny legs and the lack of facial hairs are all pointing to the genus Palmodes. I think that your wasp is most likely a female in that genus. NOTE: Placement to species level is very difficult without more views of the body. Here is an example for you from Utah:


Here is one from California:


Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 11 July, 2015 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
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