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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 » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Parancistrocerus » Parancistrocerus histrio
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here is another - Parancistrocerus histrio - male
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

here is another - Parancistrocerus histrio - Male
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
March 2, 2006
Likely the same as :
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 2 March, 2006 - 3:45pm
Last updated 28 August, 2022 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Parancistrocerus.
… bdagley, 28 August, 2022 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 19 April, 2007 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Parancistrocerus or Stenodynerus
Likely Parancistrocerus histrio or Stenodynerus lineatifrons.
… Matthias Buck, 19 April, 2007 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

The same, but...
this one is a male, while the three other pictures show a female. Both sexes of the same Mason Wasp species "captured" on the same day, good work!
Unfortunately, telling even the genus is not possible without a reference collection, or else a good experience of the (seemingly very rich) local fauna.
… Richard Vernier, 3 March, 2006 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

Mason Wasp
Looks like a Mason Wasp to me. Use the following links to compare:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/31831
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39308/bgimage
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 2 March, 2006 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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