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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pterocheilus » subgenus Megapterocheilus (Pterocheilus subgenus Megapterocheilus)
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Wasp - Pterocheilus - female
Copyright © 2018 Rose Smith

Wasp - Pterocheilus - Female
Prescott Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 24, 2018
Some of these wasps have black eyes, some have brown eyes. Some of these wasps have red abdomen & some have black abdomen. Their body's are yellow with some red patterns. These patterns are different. Some have black upper arms, some have reddish upper arms. Are they the same species? Perhaps cousins? They were on a butterfly bush.
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Contributed by Rose Smith on 24 September, 2018 - 5:03pm
Last updated 5 April, 2022 - 12:40pm

Moved
Moved from Pterocheilus.
… bdagley, 5 April, 2022 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

cf. Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus
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… bdagley, 5 April, 2022 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Bob Biagi, 24 September, 2018 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 September, 2018 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.

The original placement was based on one image. The other pics were subsequently added. I've moved them all to Vespidae until the necessary unlinking and relinking has been done.

EDIT: No response to question yet. Placing on the assumption that all four are different individuals.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 September, 2018 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot Ken
Thanks a lot Ken
… Rose Smith, 26 September, 2018 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 September, 2018 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Ken, Would you tell me the
Hi Ken, Would you tell me the name of this moth? I, a salways, appreciate your help.
… Rose Smith, 24 September, 2018 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
We'll need to wait for Dr. Buck...
...or one of the other experts. Then the ID will be taken further.

In the meantime, there's a problem we need to fix. The images linked here depict at least two different individuals of at least two different species (in two different subfamilies). Linking is reserved for different views of the same specimen. It looks to me as though images one and three may show one specimen, and that images two and four may show another. Can you confirm? Or were all of these different individuals? If you'll let me know, I'll unlink and move the images as needed so the experts can identify them.

Thanks.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 September, 2018 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry Ken. I do not know how
Sorry Ken. I do not know how to untag those photos......
… Rose Smith, 25 September, 2018 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't worry.
I already took care of it.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 September, 2018 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Gosh!! ou are so kind & helpf
Gosh!! ou are so kind & helpful
… Rose Smith, 26 September, 2018 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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