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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 » Tachypompilus » Rusty Spider Wasp (Tachypompilus ferrugineus) » Tachypompilus ferrugineus ferrugineus
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Id help needed - wasp - Tachypompilus ferrugineus - female
Copyright © 2017 Henry Burton

Id help needed - wasp - Tachypompilus ferrugineus - Female
Lake County, Ohio, USA
July 20, 2016
Can this be sexed - if yes how is that done ? Thanks for the help.

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Contributed by Henry Burton on 31 January, 2017 - 12:12pm
Last updated 12 May, 2019 - 10:34pm

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… John S. Ascher, 31 January, 2017 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Female - Spider Wasp
This looks like a female Tachypompilus ferrugineus ferrugineus. (eastern) We can almost count the antennae and abdominal segments. (10 & 6 = ♀)(11 & 7 = ♂) The females have tarsal-rake spines on the forelegs, clearly visible in this image.
The males have slightly thicker antennae with shorter segments and long-thin abdomens. Here is a male: ♂ The males are rarely filmed.
… Bob Biagi, 31 January, 2017 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Wasp id
Thanks Bob.
… Henry Burton, 31 January, 2017 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

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