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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia mexicana)
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Grass-carrying Wasp - mexicana? - Isodontia mexicana - male
Copyright © 2009 Alice Cavette

Grass-carrying Wasp - mexicana? - Isodontia mexicana - Male
Fremont, Alameda County, California, USA
May 20, 2009
Size: 23mm head to abdomen

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Grass-carrying Wasp - mexicana? - Isodontia mexicana - male Grass-carrying Wasp - mexicana? - Isodontia mexicana - male
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Contributed by Alice Cavette on 20 May, 2009 - 5:05pm
Last updated 11 February, 2021 - 12:19am

Moved
Moved from Grass-carrying Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 11 February, 2021 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

Palmodes or Prionyx?
Someone suggested Palmodes californicus or maybe Prionyx if it isn't I. mexicana.
… Alice Cavette, 21 May, 2009 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
No, it is a grass-carrier.
Well, I. elegans has expanded its range to the east coast, so why can't I. mexicana move west? I see it was in Arizona by the 1970s...
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 May, 2009 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I. mexicana
I've asked a CA wasp guy about I. mexicana being in CA. Awaiting his answer.

See this TOL image of a French (arrived in France in 1960's) one. Just like mine!
… Alice Cavette, 21 May, 2009 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Cannot Say For Sure...
CA wasp guy says nothing has been published showing I. mexicana being in California. It has been identified in Arizona.

This image cannot be positively identified as I. mexicana.
… Alice Cavette, 27 May, 2009 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Broken link...
Hi Alice, just thought I'd give you a heads-up that the link you referenced at TOL isn't working.
… Harsi S. Parker, 21 May, 2009 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Try This...
This link to the entry should work. The other was to the image and only worked if you'd already visited page. Thanks for pointing it out :)
… Alice Cavette, 21 May, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

Yes...
But I wasn't aware of any species there besides I. elegans, and this isn't it.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 May, 2009 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

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