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mason wasp? - Podium luctuosum - female
Copyright © 2020 Stoil Ivanov

mason wasp? - Podium luctuosum - Female
Illinois Beach State Park, lake County, Illinois, USA
July 24, 2020
Size: 20 mm
First was thinking sphex wasp but than noticed that is making ball of sand for nest? Never seen anything like it . Considered mud dauber but Podium rufipes doesn't look like it
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 26 July, 2020 - 11:00pm
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 1:12am

Moved
Moved from Thread-waisted Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 31 July, 2020 - 1:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a new species for me
Thanks a new species for me
… Stoil Ivanov, 31 July, 2020 - 1:51am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 July, 2020 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

How about Podium luctuosum?


Not a mason wasp, at any rate.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 July, 2020 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks looks like it I was co
Thanks looks like it I was considering also Sphex nudus but behavior completely different
… Stoil Ivanov, 26 July, 2020 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

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