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Keyhole Wasp (Pachodynerus nasidens)
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Copyright © 2007
Tom Bentley
Wasp -
Pachodynerus nasidens
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Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
December 14, 2007
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Contributed by
Tom Bentley
on 18 December, 2007 - 10:30pm
Last updated 19 December, 2007 - 10:59pm
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I would suspect something like this:
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Sean McCann
, 18 December, 2007 - 11:10pm
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That's it
One of the best photographs of Pachodynerus nasidens on BG so far. Males seem to be more difficult to spot than females, since they are still missing.
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Richard Vernier
, 19 December, 2007 - 3:51am
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Male?
It would seem to me that this IS a male. Remember, Pachodynerus don't have the hooked antennae typical of other eumenines (the flagellum has only ten segments). Looking at the abdomen there appear to be seven terga.
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Matthias Buck
, 19 December, 2007 - 11:13am
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OOPS! You're quite right
There are seven terga, hence a male. Of course, these "shortened" antennae make sexual dimorphism much less apparent than in most Eumenine genera.
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Richard Vernier
, 19 December, 2007 - 10:29pm
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