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wasp? - Delphinia picta
Copyright © 2009 Mitz

wasp? - Delphinia picta
Kansas City, MO, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
May 26, 2009
Size: small
I've always wondered what these little things were. They look so Alice in Wonderland. I'm guessing some sort of wasp?
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Contributed by Mitz on 26 May, 2009 - 4:15pm
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 9:00am

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Moved from ID Request.

Nice shot!
… Ron M., 15 June, 2009 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

no wasp -- a fly, Delphinia picta
very common one, too; look here
… v belov, 26 May, 2009 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Ha ha ha. I forgot to look up
Ha ha ha. I forgot to look up "common" as part of the name because every bug that eludes my identification usually starts with the word "common." Oh well, I've been pretty lucky finding the UNcommon ones on BugGuide. Thanks for replying so soon and no, I am not shamed to discover another common bug name. :-) They might be called common but they never seem to look common (for example, the common sphinx or hawk moth).

Thanks again,
Maria
… Mitz, 26 May, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
From our vertebrate perspecti
From our vertebrate perspective, all insects are most uncommon creatures! It often is the case that once I notice the first individual of a particular species, including this one, where I live near St. Louis, I then see many of them.
… James C. Trager, 29 May, 2009 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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