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Wasp - Episyron - male
Copyright © 2017 Steve McKechnie

Wasp - Episyron - Male
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 26, 2017
Size: ~10 mm
Two of these showed up today inside a terrarium that contains paper like pods from May 19 and 20.
They could be related or bycatch out of the soil and mulch.
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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 26 June, 2017 - 10:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 26 June, 2017 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

Male - Spider Wasp
11 flagellomeres = ♂
He might be something like this guy below, but I'm not sure. They have white spots on the abdomens, legs and sometimes on the pronotum. (this genus)
Episyron quinquenotatus: ♂ (widespread)
… Bob Biagi, 26 June, 2017 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Bob
That looks like a match to me and I'm not sure.
Edited - Male
… Steve McKechnie, 26 June, 2017 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

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