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ant like wasp - Tachysphex - female
Copyright © 2015 Steven Mlodinow

ant like wasp - Tachysphex - Female
Sandy Bluffs Trust, near Vernon, Yuma County, Colorado, USA
September 9, 2015
Size: 1 cm or so
sandy soil where stream has mostly evaporated (scattered pools still exist) surrounded by tall grass and scattered cottonwoods; for most part, running about in apparent random fashion, as velvet ants often do.

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ant like wasp - Tachysphex - female ant like wasp - Tachysphex - female
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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 22 September, 2015 - 6:28pm
Last updated 27 August, 2016 - 4:21pm

Moved
Moved from Gastrosericina.
… Steven Mlodinow, 27 August, 2016 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Female - Tachysphex sp.
I'm sure that Dr. Ascher meant to move her down to the genus level. -- 6 abdominal segments = ♀
Note, the pointy abdomen lacks a pygidial plate and also, the dark-blue colored eyes suggest that this cannot be in the genus Tachytes.
… Bob Biagi, 27 August, 2016 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Larrini.
… John S. Ascher, 1 May, 2016 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Larrini
Tachytes or Tachysphex? The latter perhaps more likely?
… Steven Mlodinow, 23 September, 2015 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I expect that Dr. Ascher...
...will let us both know. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 September, 2015 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 September, 2015 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

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