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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 » Rhopalosomatidae » Rhopalosoma » Rhopalosoma nearcticum
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Some kind of wasp - Rhopalosoma nearcticum
Copyright © 2010 Rich Hoyer

Some kind of wasp - Rhopalosoma nearcticum
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
July 26, 2010

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Contributed by Rich Hoyer on 27 July, 2010 - 3:04pm
Last updated 8 August, 2010 - 7:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 August, 2010 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

wasp
seems to be Rhopalosoma nearcticum (Rhopalosomatidae)... a male i guess.
… edward trammel, 27 July, 2010 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

 
How do you tell it apart from
How do you tell it apart from Ophion, well I guess there are too few antennal segments...anything else?
… Miles Zhang, 27 July, 2010 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
wasp
first thing i looked at was the antennae, wing veins are also different... and as the name implies, the abdomen looks like a club here.
… edward trammel, 27 July, 2010 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, thank you!
Great, thank you!
… Miles Zhang, 27 July, 2010 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

What are . . .
the three raised bumps on the top of the wasp's head? I see these on many insects heads as well.
… Rich Hoyer, 27 July, 2010 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
They're
called "Occeli" they're the "true eyes" of the wasp and many other insects. I think your wasp here is an ichneumon in the genus Ophion. ^_^
… Breanna Lyle, 27 July, 2010 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

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