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black spider wasp
Copyright © 2009 Marius Aurelian

black spider wasp
Green Mtn. Rd., ~ 4.2 km NE of Hwy. 3A, Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
July 1, 2009
I assume this is a pompiliid wasp.

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Contributed by Marius Aurelian on 9 November, 2009 - 1:44am
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 10:57am

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Marius Aurelian, 9 November, 2009 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

Black Ichneumon Wasp
Some Ichneumon Wasps (mainly of the Ichneumoninae subfamily, like this one) are often mistaken for Spider Wasps.
However, the very many short antennal segments, vs. 12 or 13 long ones in Spider Wasps, betrays them at once (fore wing venation is different too, but less easy to see, especially when wings are darkened).
… Richard Vernier, 9 November, 2009 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Richard, i appreciate your help. So this must be a male, since it lacks an ovipositor. I will move it to the correct taxon.
… Marius Aurelian, 9 November, 2009 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

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