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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Pemphredoninae » Pemphredonini » Pemphredonina » Diodontus
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Swimming Pool Wasp - Diodontus
Copyright © 2020 Sara Simpkins

Swimming Pool Wasp - Diodontus
Pacific Heights Neighborhood, Saskatoon and Area, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 5, 2020
Size: About 5mm
Posted same observation on iNaturalist.org and recent suggestion there was Subtribe Pemphredonina.

Pulled from the small swimming pool in the back yard, not sure how or when it got stuck in the water but was easily retrieved with my hand. Held it up to the sunlight so it could dry itself and flew off in a few quick minutes. I got a few pictures and it gave no fuss, my camera is quite limited in magnification so these were all taken in camera's macro mode and cropped down.

Not very large, maybe 5 mm in length.

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Contributed by Sara Simpkins on 6 June, 2020 - 10:45pm
Last updated 7 April, 2021 - 11:56pm

Moved
Moved from Pemphredonini.
… John S. Ascher, 7 April, 2021 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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

Venation is similar to Diodontus:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 June, 2020 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

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