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Photo#193751
Square-headed wasp - Lestica

Square-headed wasp - Lestica
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2008
Size: approx 1.5 cm
Just another cool looking wasp i'd like to ID. Thanks.

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Square-headed wasp.
This is a "square-headed wasp" in the family Crabronidae, subfamily Crabroninae. Genus is probably Ectemnius, but could also be Lestica or something else.

 
Ectmnius
I believe this is a Ectemnius

 
No,
it is clearly a Lestica. Note very coarse punctation and shape of the thorax.

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