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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) » Euodynerus » foraminatus-group (Euodynerus foraminatus-group) » Euodynerus megaera
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Unknown insect on bee house - Euodynerus megaera - male
Copyright © 2017 Melanie Long

Unknown insect on bee house - Euodynerus megaera - Male
Lutz (north Tampa), Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
July 18, 2017
This wasp(?) has been around my bee house for a few days. The tubes were plugged but now have holes so I want to know if this is something that attacks the bee larva inside, or is this something that was using the house and emerged? If you can't tell from the photo, the wings have a bluish tint. Photo taken at 11:10 am.
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Contributed by Melanie Long on 21 July, 2017 - 1:39pm
Last updated 30 July, 2017 - 6:03pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps. Placed to megaera because schwarzi appears to be absent from the FL peninsula.
… Matthias Buck, 30 July, 2017 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 22 July, 2017 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Male - Potter or Mason Wasp
Curved antennae tips = ♂
7 abdominal segments = ♂
This guy looks like one of two look-alikes: Euodynerus megaera - vs. - Euodynerus schwarzi - The males of these two species are very difficult to separate.
… Bob Biagi, 22 July, 2017 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

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