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Dielis plumipes confluenta
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Copyright © 2005
Jay Cossey
Wasp - What's going on here? -
Dielis plumipes
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Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
June 25, 2004
I'd love to know what this wasp is, and what's going on in this shot. There are 2 or 3 yellow/orange things on it's leg.
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Contributed by
Jay Cossey
on 15 March, 2005 - 2:19pm
Last updated 22 February, 2021 - 4:16pm
Moved
Moved from
Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 22 February, 2021 - 4:16pm
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Moved
Moved from
Campsomeris
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George Waldren
, 21 October, 2010 - 9:50pm
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Moved
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Scoliid Wasps
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George Waldren
, 3 September, 2009 - 6:10pm
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Wasp ID
Cool photo.
The wasp is definitely a scoliid male. Based on the locality and general appearance, I think it is Campsomeris plumipes.
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Kevin Williams
, 16 March, 2005 - 8:58pm
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Thanks everyone!
Jay Cossey
Photographs From Nature
This is so cool--I'm most grateful for all the expert input!
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Jay Cossey
, 16 March, 2005 - 11:21pm
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Milkweed pollinia
They look like the pollinia (pollen sacs) of milkweed. I have seen many insects, from bumblebees to ladybugs, with them hanging from their feet. You can see one example in
this page
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Beatriz Moisset
, 15 March, 2005 - 4:20pm
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I agree.
I agree, the sacs are from milkweed. I have even seen dead honey bees on milkweed flowers that became hopelessly entangled in those sticky things. Oh, the wasp is a male scoliid, by the way:-)
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Eric R. Eaton
, 15 March, 2005 - 5:18pm
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? Orchid Pollen sacs
These look like pollen sacs of orchids; the wasp stuck its body into an orchid flower and the orchid somehow clamps the pollen sacs onto the legs. When the wasp visits another orchid the pollen is transferred. I think maybe other plants use a similar mechanism, ?milkweed.
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A.W. Thomas
, 15 March, 2005 - 3:00pm
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