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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) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Episyron » Episyron conterminus » Episyron conterminus cressoni

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Copyright © 2016 Fitz O.Clarke, Jr.

Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- ID Please - Episyron conterminus -

Skidaway Island, Savannah 31411, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
October 17, 2016

Wasp nectaring Sweet Alyssum (Alyssum maritimum). It appears to have a unique dorsal white marking on the abdomen. The hind femur and tibia appear to be reddish/orange while the remaining leg colors are black.

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Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- ID Please - Episyron conterminus - female

Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- ID Please - Episyron conterminus - female

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Contributed by Fitz O.Clarke, Jr. on 19 October, 2016 - 9:47am
Last updated 19 February, 2021 - 11:26am

Moved

Moved from Episyron.

… Nick Fensler, 10 August, 2017 - 9:28pm

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Nick- thank you for having ve

Nick- thank you for having vetted my Pompilidae family, Spider Wasp, and identified the species as, (Episyron conterminous).

This makes wasp species # 55, located and photographed mostly at our Landing's, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga., 150 yard Sparrow Field "Pollinator Garden Berm. Each was submitted to and identified through, BugGuide.net.

Thank you indeed!!!

… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 11 August, 2017 - 10:37am

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Moved

Moved from Spider Wasps.

… John S. Ascher, 19 October, 2016 - 8:39pm

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Dr John- thank you for having

Dr John- thank you for having reviewed my submission and identifying the Spider Wasp as being in the genus, Episyron.

… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 19 October, 2016 - 9:52pm

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Moved

Moved from Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae.

Episyron?

… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 October, 2016 - 3:51pm

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Ken- thanks you for having ve

Ken- thank you for having vetted my two images and identifying as being within the Family Pompilidae - Spider Wasps, Episyron?

I returned today; however, was unsuccessful on a relocate.

… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 19 October, 2016 - 4:24pm

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