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Keyhole Wasp (Pachodynerus nasidens)
Photo#1157826
Copyright © 2015
Anthony Abbate
Wasp -
Pachodynerus nasidens
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Davie, Broward County, Florida, USA
October 21, 2015
Size: 10mm
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Contributed by
Anthony Abbate
on 21 October, 2015 - 3:52pm
Last updated 31 January, 2021 - 10:37am
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 21 October, 2015 - 5:13pm
Potter Wasp - Female!
Anthony, not very many in this entire subfamily have the all black T1:
Keyhole Wasp
,
Pachodynerus nasidens
: ♀
Good Luck!
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Bob Biagi
, 21 October, 2015 - 5:04pm
Key?
Do you know of a good Identification key for wasps?
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Anthony Abbate
, 22 October, 2015 - 8:16am
Check out the Atlas!
The best key is the Atlas of the Vespidae, from the info tab for the family.
Here is a link:
Atlas of the Vespidae
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Bob Biagi
, 22 October, 2015 - 8:24am
Atlas of the Vespidae
I see that I can get all the way to the genus because the key only provides one species for Pachodynerus. What other resources would I need to use to get down to the correct species? I feel like I am hitting a lot of dead ends. I guess the big question is how did you know it was P. nasidens? What steps lead to you knowing that? I am just trying to learn more about keying out wasps. If you would rather respond to my email it is abbata08@ufl.edu. thank you for your help!
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Anthony Abbate
, 22 October, 2015 - 11:00am
Lucky for you, Florida has no look-alikes!
I simply browsed, while looking for the unique feature. = All-black T1
Here is more info, from the "tab": "Not readily distinguishable from
P. pulverulentus
, with which it co-occurs in Texas and Arizona."
Sometimes you can find scientific papers or University publications, with more (local) species level information. You just might have to search harder to find it.
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Bob Biagi
, 22 October, 2015 - 12:45pm
Thank you!
This really helps me out!
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Anthony Abbate
, 22 October, 2015 - 8:06am