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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 » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Euodynerus » Euodynerus pratensis
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Another - Euodynerus pratensis - male
Copyright © 2010 Gacko

Another - Euodynerus pratensis - Male
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 26, 2010
This looks like one that I posted earlier, but perhaps better pictures. These were quite common from July through October. I found this one on Baccharis neglecta.

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Another - Euodynerus pratensis - male Another - Euodynerus pratensis - male Another - Euodynerus pratensis - male
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Contributed by Gacko on 21 October, 2010 - 9:53am
Last updated 13 March, 2019 - 6:52pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 2 November, 2010 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Check out Euodynerus
They're on the stubby side and some are colored much like this.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 October, 2010 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ron.
I THINK they're E. pratensis, which I have posted before, but just when I think I have a handle on an ID I find I'm way off base! (By the way, what does 'pratensis' mean? I see that it is the moniker for several species.)
… Gacko, 21 October, 2010 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
RE: pratensis
I tried Google's translation tool with no results. The word seems to have something to do with the color blue. Perhaps Chuck Entz will see this and comment.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 October, 2010 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Big Ah-Ha!
It means "of a meadow" and has been attached to the names of grasses and such. Don't know why it didn't turn up before - a simple Google search got it this time.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 September, 2013 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I never thanked you for your research!
… Gacko, 4 June, 2014 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

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