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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) » Zethus » Zethus spinipes » Zethus spinipes spinipes
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Square Head Wasp ? - Zethus spinipes
Copyright © 2019 Chris Joll

Square Head Wasp ? - Zethus spinipes
Valparaiso / Ogden Gardens, Porter County, Indiana, USA
September 29, 2019

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Contributed by Chris Joll on 30 September, 2019 - 6:06pm

Moved
Moved from Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae.

Note the longitudinally folded wings, which indicate Vespidae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 September, 2019 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Appreciate the ID. I was focusing on abdomen shape.
… Chris Joll, 1 October, 2019 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

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