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Entypus fulvicornis
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Copyright © 2007
Steve Kortum
spider wasp -
Entypus fulvicornis
Busch Conservation Area, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
September 2, 2007
some type of spider wasp on Boneset.
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Contributed by
Steve Kortum
on 5 September, 2007 - 4:43pm
Last updated 13 September, 2007 - 6:35pm
Entypus fulvicornis
Nice image of a male Entypus fulvicornis!
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Eric R. Eaton
, 5 September, 2007 - 5:28pm
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Thanks!
How can you tell it is a male?
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Steve Kortum
, 6 September, 2007 - 4:06pm
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Fair point!
Males usually have much longer antennae than females, but in Entypus it is sometimes harder to tell. Females tend to be really big and robust too, while males tend significantly smaller and more delicate-looking. Maybe this 'was' a female, you tell me:-)
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Eric R. Eaton
, 13 September, 2007 - 6:35pm
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