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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 » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Philanthinae » Aphilanthopini » Aphilanthops » Aphilanthops frigidus
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Sphecid/Crabonid Wasp - Aphilanthops frigidus - female
Copyright © 2008 Tim Loh

Sphecid/Crabonid Wasp - Aphilanthops frigidus - Female
Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
July 20, 2008
Size: 1.3 cm
Keyed this to Sphecidae using my old key (How to know the Insects by Roger G. Bland) but most likely Crabonidae. I suspect something from Bicyrtes or Hoplisoides but not sure...

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 12 December, 2008 - 12:54pm
Last updated 15 December, 2008 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Ant Queen Kidnapping Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 15 December, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Aphilanthops frigidus, female (AB)
A. subfrigidus has the flagellum all-black.
… Matthias Buck, 15 December, 2008 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Aphilanthops
A. subfrigidus or frigidus
… John S. Ascher, 14 December, 2008 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That's something definitely more interesting and uncommon than an ordinary wasp!
May be a silly question...do these go for the winged reproductives or do they actually invade the nest to get to the queen?
… Tim Loh, 14 December, 2008 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
No silly questions.
They do go for the winged reproductives.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 December, 2008 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Crabronidae: Philanthinae.
I suspect this might be a species of Aphilanthops, but do wait for comments from Matthias Buck or John Ascher. Neat find at any rate!
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 December, 2008 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Honey Bee.
… Tim Loh, 12 December, 2008 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

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