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Potter Wasp - Ancistrocerus
Copyright © 2020 Jim Moore

Potter Wasp - Ancistrocerus
Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, California, USA
Size: Body Length 11mm
Date: collected in the year1973

If the pale shiny thing between the eyes is the namesake 'tubercle' then I suppose this is species Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus (1); see close up of head.

My thanks for confirmation or otherwise.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 8 April, 2020 - 12:30am
Last updated 14 August, 2022 - 5:02pm

Moved
Moved from Ancistrocerus.
… bdagley, 14 August, 2022 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Greater lighting on the head could help.
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