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Copyright © 2008
Tony H
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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Contributed by
Tony H
on 24 June, 2008 - 12:06am
Last updated 6 January, 2010 - 12:35pm
Moved
Moved from
Square-headed Wasps
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Matthias Buck
, 16 July, 2009 - 10:55am
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Cropping
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Beatriz Moisset
, 6 July, 2008 - 4:55pm
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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.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 24 June, 2008 - 3:31pm
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Ectmnius
I believe this is a Ectemnius
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Calvin U
, 6 December, 2008 - 1:51pm
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No,
it is clearly a Lestica. Note very coarse punctation and shape of the thorax.
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Matthias Buck
, 16 July, 2009 - 10:56am
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