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Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps


 Ammophila - Ammophila Black Wasp - Podalonia Podalonia argentifrons - Podalonia - female Ammophila (juncea?) with caterpillar - Ammophila - female Eremnophila aureonotata Eremnophila aureonotata Wasp - Ammophila Podalonia ID Please? - Podalonia

Cricket Hunter Wasp - Chlorion aerarium Thread-waisted Wasp - Chlorion aerarium Sphecid? - Chlorion aerarium - female very blue - Chlorion Mud Daubber - Chlorion - female Sphecid - Chlorion Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp - Chlorion aerarium Wasp - Chlorion aerarium

Hair on Head and thorax - Chalybion californicum B&Y Mud Dauber - Sceliphron caementarium ammophila Wasp? - Sceliphron caementarium sphecid 3 - Sceliphron caementarium - male Unknown Hymenoptera - Chalybion californicum Sceliphron caementarium - female Chalybion Wasp. ? - Chalybion californicum - male Are these Sceliphron caementarium? view 3 - Sceliphron caementarium - male - female

Wasp - Prionyx - male Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus Thread-waisted Wasp - Prionyx - female The Horror - Prionyx - female Thread-waisted Wasp Body Scan (ventral thorax) - Sphex lucae - female half-red-abdomen wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus grass-carrying wasp - Isodontia Big dark wasp? - Isodontia auripes