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Mystery wasp - Aporinellus
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Schusteff

Mystery wasp - Aporinellus
Across the Colorado River from Needles, and a few miles south, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
August 3, 2015
Not the clearest images (difficult to approach/photograph), but an interesting looking wasp.

Found on the (fairly narrow) sandy shore of the Colorado River...with grass growing at the base of the nearby levee; and acres of dense, tall arrowweed (Pluchea sericea) growing beyond that.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 16 August, 2015 - 1:30pm
Last updated 30 August, 2015 - 6:01am

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.

See remarks under the 4th image in this series for details regarding the ID and move here.
… Aaron Schusteff, 30 August, 2015 - 6:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
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