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Isodontia mexicana, Grass-carrier wasp. - Isodontia mexicana

Isodontia mexicana, Grass-carrier wasp. - Isodontia mexicana
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
August 30, 2009
Size: 1.25"
This wasp was visiting a flowering sedum in company with a variety of other insects.

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Grass-carrier
Grass-carrier wasp, Isodontia mexicana.

 
Grass-carrier wasp
Thanks for the prompt ID. Is it possible to recognize gender? Is this individual a male or a female of the species?

 
Tough call.
I'd say this is a female, though. Males have brushes of hairs on the underside of the abdomen. You can also count antennal segments. Males have more than females (but I forget the number, sorry).

 
Thanks for the information.
I'll check some of my other images of this individual...and perhaps do a site/literature search, now that I know what to look for to confirm the gender of this species.

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