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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae)
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Hymenoptera - male
Copyright © 2017 Zachery Berry

Hymenoptera - Male
Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 21, 2017
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Contributed by Zachery Berry on 6 July, 2017 - 1:49am
Last updated 16 December, 2017 - 6:33pm

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.

7 abdominal segments = ♂
Both of these are males. There is a third wasp behind them. What is the plant?
… Bob Biagi, 16 December, 2017 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
The bee in the background is
The bee in the background is Eucerini. The plant is a sunflower. There where other wasps and such hanging out here getting ready for the night.
… Zachery Berry, 16 December, 2017 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I thought that those petals looked familiar.
OK, hold on for an expert to tell us more about the guy in the middle.
… Bob Biagi, 16 December, 2017 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Stenodynerus
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1391184
… Zachery Berry, 16 December, 2017 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 28 July, 2017 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Cerceris above
Eumeninae below
… John S. Ascher, 6 July, 2017 - 6:32am login or register to post comments

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