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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) » Pepsinae » Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Pepsini) » Calopompilus » Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
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Orange-winged Wasp - Calopompilus pyrrhomelas - female
Copyright © 2016 Joy Markgraf

Orange-winged Wasp - Calopompilus pyrrhomelas - Female
Husum, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
October 4, 2016
Size: 17 mm
This wasp was found in the afternoon, on a rotten log in an opening in an old forest, near a prairie/wetland remnant. Thanks for your help!

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Orange-winged Wasp - Calopompilus pyrrhomelas - female Orange-winged Wasp Ventral - Calopompilus pyrrhomelas - female Orange-winged Wasp Stinger - Calopompilus pyrrhomelas - female
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Contributed by Joy Markgraf on 8 November, 2016 - 10:20am
Last updated 26 February, 2017 - 2:50pm

Moved
Moved from Pepsini.

She looks blueish in this shot, but her body is all-black, in the other two. The wing veins show up nicely here.
… Bob Biagi, 26 February, 2017 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 9 November, 2016 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved for Expert Review
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 November, 2016 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

Female - Spider Wasp
This looks like a female Calopompilus pyrrhomelas. (western range) -- 10 flagellomeres and 6 abdominal segments = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 8 November, 2016 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Location data fixed
There was an extra space after Husum.
… Aaron Hunt, 8 November, 2016 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Looks to me like ...
One of the Tarantula Hawks
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 November, 2016 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

 
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That was what I thought too. Had some this year. However, there have not been any ID'd in Washington State. Don't know how to find out about their range.

The other species clearly has been seen in Washington.
… A. Hendrickson, 8 November, 2016 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You!
I enjoyed reading about Tarantula Hawks in the info provided by BG, that you suggested. To my untrained eye the wings in my image seem to match Calopompilus, Fascinating insects. Joy
… Joy Markgraf, 8 November, 2016 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

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