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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Scolioidea » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Campsomerini » Dielis » Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp (Dielis plumipes) » Dielis plumipes fossulana
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Unidentified wasp - Any guesses? - Dielis plumipes - male
Copyright © 2008 Carl Krucke

Unidentified wasp - Any guesses? - Dielis plumipes - Male
Meggett, SC, near lantana and a tidal creek, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
July 25, 2008
Size: ~2cm? fairly large
Quite a few of these around, many hovering and exhibiting what I interpreted as territorial behavior. This particular one flew OK, but seemed to have trouble perching on the plant stalk. The stripes were nearly white. Possibly also the same species as a couple shots of one working on a lantana blossom that I submitted a few minutes ago. Any help with an ID would be greatly appreciated, I've given up after several hours of close-but-not-quites...

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Contributed by Carl Krucke on 26 July, 2008 - 3:14am
Last updated 22 February, 2021 - 4:31pm

Moved
Moved from Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 February, 2021 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Campsomeris.
… George Waldren, 21 October, 2010 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

Male scoliid wasp.
This is a male scoliid wasp, probably in the genus Campsomeris, and possibly the same species as the female in your other images:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 July, 2008 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks a ton, Eric, for the ID and moving them to the right place. Thanks also for not commenting on my original size notation of "2m? fairly large"
… Carl Krucke, 26 July, 2008 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

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