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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Parancistrocerus » Parancistrocerus pedestris
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Parancistrocerus pedestris? - Parancistrocerus pedestris
Copyright © 2009 Loren & Babs Padelford

Parancistrocerus pedestris? - Parancistrocerus pedestris
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
September 30, 2009
Size: approximately 12 - 14 mm
Parancistrocerus pedestris? Confirmation or correction appreciated.

Thanks,
Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 8 October, 2009 - 1:55pm
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from Parancistrocerus.
… Matthias Buck, 28 December, 2013 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 October, 2009 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. I think this is the most likely place for the right person to see your images...
… Charley Eiseman, 26 October, 2009 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Nice natural shots
I'm no expert so can't confirm the species. Just wanted to say thanks for these unposed photos of an active Parancistrocerus. The few Parancistrocerus I've seen were pinned. That acarinarium, even without a visible load of hypopi, still jumps right out in the live specimen, doesn't it? (If you put a gun to my head, I'd bet this guy's T1, hidden behind the wings in your first photo of the set, would be flat-topped and would fit with everything else pedestris-like about him. I guess he would be at the western edge of his range in your latitude?)
… Don Patterson, 11 October, 2009 - 2:57am login or register to post comments

 
Parancistrocerus
Don,

We appreciate your comments! Glad to know that you think this wasp is a Parancistrocerus. Hope someone who's familiar with this species can confirm or correct the ID.

Thanks,

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 11 October, 2009 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Parancistrocerus
It is likely P. pedestris but there are a few other species that are very similar.
… Matthias Buck, 27 October, 2009 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Parancistrocerus
Hi Dr. Buck,

Thanks for your comments. It seems like we're seeing more of these wasps lately.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 28 October, 2009 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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