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Dianthidium simile
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Copyright © 2008
Bill Johnson
Wasp -
Dianthidium simile
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Hackensack, Cass County, Minnesota, USA
August 2, 2008
Any ID for this wasp? Thanks.
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Contributed by
Bill Johnson
on 10 August, 2008 - 1:28am
Last updated 26 August, 2008 - 7:42pm
Dianthidium simile
male bee
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John S. Ascher
, 10 August, 2008 - 8:37am
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Interesting! A couple syrphid flies look like this.
Perhaps they're mimics of the bee. However, they have the pattern upside down!
This is Scaeva pyrastri; the other - who's name I forget - looks even closer.
Often, the markings are more ivory-colored.
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Ron Hemberger
, 10 August, 2008 - 10:33am
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