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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphrini) » Black Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphron) » Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)

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are all of these Sceliphron caementarium? - Sceliphron caementarium -

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
August 14, 2018

White Rock lake, reinhart branch, drinking dew. I may have more than one individual but not sure. Would like confirmation if there are different individuals, they are all the same species. At least one seemed to have slightly different yellow/black markings on that mid band. 4 shots in all

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are all of these Sceliphron caementarium? - Sceliphron caementarium - female

are all of these Sceliphron caementarium? View 2 - Sceliphron caementarium - female

are all of these Sceliphron caementarium? View 3 - Sceliphron caementarium - female

are all of these Sceliphron caementarium? View 4 - Sceliphron caementarium - female

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Contributed by Kala King on 2 August, 2020 - 5:18pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

They all look like females or one female, anyway.

… Bob Biagi, 2 August, 2020 - 5:37pm

Thanks

Did you notice on that first shot how the yellow at the top of the abdomen has more black in the yellow band than the other shot from that same side? Was why I thought maybe two individuals. Did not realize you could tell gender when not mating couple with this species.

… Kala King, 2 August, 2020 - 5:45pm

Yes

She is very pretty, no matter which way you measure.
In fact we can gender any image that clearly shows the number of segments in the antennae or the abdomen. (...or a stinger)

… Bob Biagi, 2 August, 2020 - 6:03pm

Motivation

Note to self, try to not take crappy shots if you want gender confirmation ;)

… Kala King, 2 August, 2020 - 6:09pm

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