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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Monobia » Four-toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens)
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Four-toothed Mason Wasp - Monobia quadridens - male
Copyright © 2016 Zack Saavedra

Four-toothed Mason Wasp - Monobia quadridens - Male
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
May 28, 2016
This eye-catching wasp was prancing around on some yarrow in the garden of a nearby elementary school. The wings displayed an iridescent blue sheen when the sunlight hit them.

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Four-toothed Mason Wasp - Monobia quadridens - male Four-toothed Mason Wasp - Monobia quadridens - male
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Contributed by Zack Saavedra on 28 May, 2016 - 7:07pm
Last updated 6 June, 2016 - 9:09pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 6 June, 2016 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 May, 2016 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Looks like the
Four-toothed Mason Wasp - Monobia quadridens
… S Moorman, 28 May, 2016 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

 
That was my first thought, too...
...but it's missing the white patches just behind the head.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 May, 2016 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Male - Wow!
The dark tibia & back of the head should rule out Euodynerus bidens, but I can't explain the dark pronotum. 7 abdominal segments = ♂
… Bob Biagi, 28 May, 2016 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
How intriguing
I never imagined this wasp would prove to be such a perplexing case. Could this be an example of an anomalous individual?
… Zack Saavedra, 28 May, 2016 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
Dr. Buck will eventually let us know.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 May, 2016 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent
I will be eagerly awaiting his comments.
… Zack Saavedra, 29 May, 2016 - 2:58am login or register to post comments

 
Dark pronotum
is very unusual but it is indeed M. quadridens
… Matthias Buck, 6 June, 2016 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Mystery solved
I like to think I was lucky to have photographed such an unusual individual. Thanks for settling the score Dr. Buck!
… Zack Saavedra, 6 June, 2016 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

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