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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) » Crabronini » Crabronina » Ectemnius » Subgenus Hypocrabro (Ectemnius Subgenus Hypocrabro) » Ectemnius scaber
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Bee, or wasp? - Ectemnius scaber
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Bee, or wasp? - Ectemnius scaber
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 16, 2007
Observed searching a Vicia sativa plant.

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Bee, or wasp? - Ectemnius scaber Bee, or wasp? - Ectemnius scaber
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 16 May, 2007 - 6:14pm
Last updated 13 September, 2014 - 10:11am

Moved
Moved from Ectemnius.
… John S. Ascher, 13 September, 2014 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ectemnius.
… Matthias Buck, 17 May, 2007 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Wasp
Looks like a Crabronid in the subfamily Crabroninae. Not sure what species or even what genus, though.
… Nick Fensler, 16 May, 2007 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Probably genus Ectemnius, but can't automatically rule out related genera (Crabroninae subfamily). Looks to be getting honeydew from a scale insect or extrafloral nectary.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 May, 2007 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

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