orange and black wasp - Parancistrocerus fulvipes

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orange and black wasp - Parancistrocerus fulvipes -

Lorida, Highlands County, Florida, USA
August 4, 2009
Size: 12mm roughly

This looks similar to another photo I submitted that was ID'd as Pachodynerus erynnis but I may not even be in the right neighborhood.

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orange and black wasp - Parancistrocerus fulvipes - female

orange and black wasp - Parancistrocerus fulvipes

Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 28 January, 2010 - 12:08am
Last updated 28 January, 2010 - 4:36pm

Moved

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

… Tim Lethbridge, 28 January, 2010 - 4:36pm

In the right neighborhood, yes

In that you're in the right subfamily (Eumeninae). This mason wasp is more slender than the plump Pachodynerus erynnis but obviously somehow mimics it.
This is a female Parancistrocerus fulvipes. Only Floridan populations of this species show this mainly red orange, rather than yellow, color pattern. Further North, only legs and tegulae are red.
Thank you indeed for sharing such breathtaking pics of this little jewel.

… Richard Vernier, 28 January, 2010 - 6:45am

Thanks

for both the correct ID and the kind words.

… Tim Lethbridge, 28 January, 2010 - 4:34pm

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