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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) » Scoliini » Triscolia » Triscolia ardens
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Unknown Wasp 5024 - Triscolia ardens - female
Copyright © 2017 Clifford Powell

Unknown Wasp 5024 - Triscolia ardens - Female
Approx. 10 miles NE of Roswell., Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
August 22, 2017
Wasp was working the flowers on Creosote Bushes (Larrea tridentata) along side of highway in desert environment.

Would appreciate an ID, please.
TIA
Cliff - - -
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Contributed by Clifford Powell on 23 August, 2017 - 3:30pm

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… Bob Biagi, 23 August, 2017 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Female - Scoliid Wasp
6 abdominal segments = ♀
This might be a female Triscolia ardens. (south-western) OK, I just went out and looked at a few Creosote bushes, but none have any flowers right now. From what I know, if it's bigger than this flower, it's too big for the genus Scolia. (BL > 20mm)
… Bob Biagi, 23 August, 2017 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you for the ID.

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… Clifford Powell, 28 August, 2017 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

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