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Wasp - Myzinum obscurum - female
Copyright © 2007 Steve Kortum

Wasp - Myzinum obscurum - Female
Busch Conservation Area, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
September 3, 2007
Tiphiid? Possibly Myzinum. If I'm wrong please let me know.

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Wasp - Myzinum obscurum - female Wasp - Myzinum obscurum - female
Contributed by Steve Kortum on 5 September, 2007 - 4:46pm
Last updated 15 November, 2018 - 11:00pm

Moved
Moved from carolinianum or obscurum.
… Bob Biagi, 15 November, 2018 - 11:00pm

Either M. obscurum or M. carolinianum
For the females, these are the only two Eastern species that have pairs of spots on the abdomen (no complete bands) and are primarily dark in coloration.

Moved from Myzinum obscurum.
… George Waldren, 18 March, 2010 - 5:36pm

Moved
Moved from Myzinum.
… George Waldren, 18 March, 2010 - 5:07pm

Yes.
Female Myzinum sp. Hard enough to ID to species from specimens!
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 September, 2007 - 5:27pm

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