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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 » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pachodynerus » Pachodynerus erynnis
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Narrow Waisted Wasp - Pachodynerus erynnis
Copyright © 2018 Jess McKenzie

Narrow Waisted Wasp - Pachodynerus erynnis
Cocoa zip 32927, Brevard County, Florida, USA
November 17, 2018
Mid afternoon, near 28.4657, -80.8185
narrowest waist I've ever photo'd
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Contributed by Jess M. McKenzie on 18 November, 2018 - 3:47pm
Last updated 31 August, 2019 - 10:37pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 31 August, 2019 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 November, 2018 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Narrow Waisted Wasp
I wonder now if I haven't sent you another Pachodynerus erynnis. I'm seeing more of these red/black critters, but, until now, none seemed to have a narrow waist like this one. Is this species sexually dimorphic by any chance?

Also, I'm wondering if the brilliant red Jatropha blooms have cast a red onto what might ordinarily be ORANGE. Could this be a Stenodynerus fundatiformis or similar species? There is something about this wasp that makes it look different from the P. erynnis I sent in a few weeks ago.
… Jess M. McKenzie, 18 November, 2018 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know if it's dimorphic...
...but I suspect the difference you're seeing in the waists is a function of camera angle and the insect's posture. Let's see what the experts have to say.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 November, 2018 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Narrow Waisted Wasp
Thanks, Ken. I'll calm down... again... :-)
… Jess M. McKenzie, 18 November, 2018 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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