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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Ceropalinae » Ceropales » Ceropales maculata » Ceropales maculata fraterna
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wasp - Ceropales maculata - female
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

wasp - Ceropales maculata - Female
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 16, 2010
Size: 7.5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 July, 2010 - 11:41am
Last updated 23 August, 2010 - 5:39pm

Moved
Moved from Ceropales maculata.
… tom murray, 23 August, 2010 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ceropales.
… tom murray, 19 July, 2010 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
Eric, thanks again. This one looks like it could be Ceropales maculata, but I'll wait for confirmation before moving it to the species page.
… tom murray, 17 July, 2010 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
It is.
I've seen enough of this species to be confident enough to call it C. maculata from these nice photos.
… Nick Fensler, 19 July, 2010 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Nick
Is this male I found the next day the same species? He has less yellow on the abdomen, and was a bit smaller.
… tom murray, 19 July, 2010 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Males are almost always smaller than females. The amount of yellow is extremely variable.
… Nick Fensler, 20 July, 2010 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Still Ceropales :-)
Another one, another female.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 July, 2010 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

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