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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Ageniellini) » Auplopus » Auplopus mellipes » Auplopus mellipes mellipes
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Ant to black light - Auplopus mellipes - female
Copyright © 2015 Clay Nichols

Ant to black light - Auplopus mellipes - Female
Oklahoma City North Rockwell Ave and Memorial Road, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
October 1, 2015
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 2 October, 2015 - 9:40am
Last updated 21 June, 2017 - 10:38pm

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… Nick Fensler, 21 June, 2017 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

Female
She looks like a Spider Wasp in the tribe Ageniellini.
The black color and brown legs are very distinctive and the wings seem to match this female Auplopus mellipes mellipes, from Missouri: (subspecies)
♀ Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 2 October, 2015 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

not in the same superfamily as ants, actually
nice-looking beast, hope someone narrows it down some

Moved from ID Request.
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