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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Ammophilinae » Cutworm Wasps (Podalonia)
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Black wasp with blue hairs - Podalonia
Copyright © 2017 Aaron Schusteff

Black wasp with blue hairs - Podalonia
Alex Hole, Siskiyou County, California, USA
July 9, 2012
Found foraging along ground in open area within surrounding coniferous forest, near the crest of the Siskiyou Mountains on the California-Oregon border.

Been wondering what it is? I don't recognize it off hand, and haven't had time to try to run it through Huber & Goulet.

Interesting blue vestiture...and beige areas on the inner edges of the hind tibiae (see 2nd photo). Bristles on front and middle legs suggest adaptation to digging. Mandibles fairly long & narrow when viewed laterally (again, see 2nd image).

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 25 October, 2017 - 12:38am
Last updated 27 October, 2017 - 8:40pm

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 27 October, 2017 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your help, John
I knew I should have recognized that wasp...but, alas, I didn't.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 October, 2017 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

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