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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) » Astatinae » Astata
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Astata Male - Astata - male
Copyright © 2015 EdSullivan

Astata Male - Astata - Male
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
July 6, 2015
I only see male Astata wasps with this coloration and they drive each other away from the colony, but let bi-clored females in to the nests with stinkbugs. Are these the same specie? I've not seen a female unicolor here, nor a male bicolor. Which color or gender defines the specie?

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Contributed by EdSullivan on 24 July, 2015 - 7:44pm
Last updated 24 July, 2015 - 9:13pm

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… John S. Ascher, 24 July, 2015 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

Duplicate
Appears to be a cropped version of this one:



You'll want to delete one or the other--and make sure the correct sighting date is shown on the one that remains (they currently have different dates).

Thanks.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 July, 2015 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Crop and date
Yes, that was a crop and I adjusted the date. I've been asked to crop closer (just the bug) and this photo was able to handle it.
… EdSullivan, 24 July, 2015 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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