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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Blue-black Spider Wasps (Anoplius) » Subgenus Anoplius (Anoplius Subgenus Anoplius) » Anoplius virginiensis
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Unknown wasp - Anoplius virginiensis - female
Copyright © 2018 Stoil Ivanov

Unknown wasp - Anoplius virginiensis - Female
McClaughry Springs Forest Preserve, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 9, 2018
Size: 15 mm
In the field was thinking it a mud dauber but now not sure perhaps spider wasp
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 10 September, 2018 - 1:45pm
Last updated 12 September, 2018 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Bob Biagi, 12 September, 2018 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

Female
10 flagellomeres = ♀
The hind tibiae are smooth edged, the wings have a pocket in the discal cell and the abdomen tip is very hairy.
This might be a female in the genus Anoplius, but I'm not sure of the species. Hold on for an expert.
… Bob Biagi, 10 September, 2018 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
the spines on the foretarsus are very weak, so very likely Anoplius virginiensis.
… Nick Fensler, 12 September, 2018 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot a new species fo
Thanks a lot a new species for me
… Stoil Ivanov, 13 September, 2018 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 September, 2018 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

Pepsini?
I agree that it's a spider wasp, and I don't see any tarsal combs on the front legs, but I'd wait for an expert for further ID.
… Arch S. Robison, 10 September, 2018 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

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