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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Scolioidea » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Colpa » Colpa alcione
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Bee - Colpa alcione - male
Copyright © 2017 Stoil Ivanov

Bee - Colpa alcione - Male
Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2017
Size: 8mm
too hairy to be a wasp
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 12 July, 2017 - 10:40am
Last updated 12 July, 2017 - 12:49pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

11 flagellomeres = ♂
Note, the antennae segments get wider, near the tips and also, the wings are very clear and have three sub-marginal cells. Did you really film this guy in Texas? Wow, congrats!
… Bob Biagi, 12 July, 2017 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot for the ID It wa
Thanks a lot for the ID It was the last picture from Big Bend National Park
… Stoil Ivanov, 12 July, 2017 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

scoliid
wasp
… John S. Ascher, 12 July, 2017 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks I will assume nothing
Thanks I will assume nothing in the future!
… Stoil Ivanov, 12 July, 2017 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

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