What in the world? - Crabro latipes - BugGuide.Net

HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Crabronini » Crabronina » Crabro » Crabro latipes

Photo#426096

Copyright © 2010 Carol Davis

What in the world? - Crabro latipes -

Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
July 13, 2010
Size: 10 to 12 mm

Those are quite the flowery epaulets on this insect. What is it, please, and what is the purpose of the adornments? It is merely for camouflage?

tag · login or register to post comments

Contributed by Carol Davis on 13 July, 2010 - 3:50pm
Last updated 8 March, 2013 - 2:26pm

Moved

Moved from Crabro.

… Matthias Buck, 8 March, 2013 - 2:26pm

login or register to post comments

Fascinating, I hope someone a

Fascinating, I hope someone adds a photo of a mating pair some day so we can see those odd legs in use.

… Rikki Hall, 13 July, 2010 - 4:37pm

login or register to post comments

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Martin Hauser, 13 July, 2010 - 4:03pm

login or register to post comments

This is a male crabro, the en

This is a male crabro, the enlarged front legs have species specific patterns, and they cover the eyes of the females while mating... Also they have sometimes grooves in which the female antennae fit and they can secret some pheromones in there.. Bees of the genera Xylocopa and Megachile have similar structures...

… Martin Hauser, 13 July, 2010 - 4:02pm

login or register to post comments

Crabro...

Excuse me, but I'm bugilliterate. What is a "crabro"? Woops, never mind; you already moved it.

… Carol Davis, 13 July, 2010 - 4:04pm

login or register to post comments

A genus of Sphecid wasps. The

A genus of Sphecid wasps. They hunt mainly flies for their offspring and I should have capitalized the genus name of course...

… Martin Hauser, 13 July, 2010 - 4:05pm

login or register to post comments

Thanks so much...

Thanks for the great information and for the ID. Nature never ceases to amaze me! What an interesting and beautiful wasp.

… Carol Davis, 13 July, 2010 - 4:12pm

login or register to post comments

That's awesome!

From its form, it appears to be a wasp, but I've never seen one with front legs like those. Subscribing to see what it's IDed as. =)

… Ashley Bradford, 13 July, 2010 - 3:59pm

login or register to post comments

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version

Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact