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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphrini) » Black Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphron) » Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)
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sphecid - Sceliphron caementarium - male
Copyright © 2016 sh11

sphecid - Sceliphron caementarium - Male
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
July 24, 2014
Sceliphron caementarium?
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Contributed by sh11 on 18 February, 2016 - 6:45am
Last updated 25 August, 2018 - 2:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 February, 2016 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Male - Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
You are correct. He is a male Sceliphron caementarium. There are some color variations on the abdomen and the waist, but the yellow tarsi, with the base of the hind tibia yellow is unique for this species. - 7 abdominal segment = ♂
… Bob Biagi, 18 February, 2016 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Fabulous help as usual-
thank you very much Bob!
… sh11, 18 February, 2016 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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