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Photo#29815
black and white wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus

black and white wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Ponca State Park, Dixon County, Nebraska, USA
August 24, 2005
Size: approximately 3/4"
This wasp was photographed on goldenrod along the Missouri River. Any help with ID appreciated.

Thanks,

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

Moved
Moved from Bicyrtes.

Stictia
Not sure this isn't Stictia. Which are large Sphecids which take horseflies. They often are called horse guards as they will buzz around the animals taking the flies. I have had them try to take them from my sphere of influence as well.

The markings are variable but the gestalt is consistent.

 
No, no, no.
Sorry, but this is a species of Bicyrtes. Very common stink bug hunters. Stictia are even bigger, and to my knowledge not very common outside the southeast and Atlantic states where there is much more sandy habitat.

 
Thanks Eric!!
Thanks for your help. We just found another photo on BugGuide that looks like our bug. You said it was probably quadrifasciata.

Loren & Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

 
yes
this certainly looks like Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus

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