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Subtribe Gastrosericina

Larropsis · Tachysphex · Tachytes

Genus Larropsis
Small wasp(s) on fennel - Larropsis Another fly (I think) - Larropsis Square-headed Wasp - Larropsis Square-headed Wasp - Larropsis Unknown larrine, Tachytes? Tachysphex? - Larropsis distincta - male Larropsis distincta Larropsis distincta Larropsis sp. - Larropsis

Genus Tachysphex
Hooray for the red, white and blue - wasp prepares for Independence Day festivities. - Tachysphex - female 6008707 - Tachysphex Square-headed Wasp - Tachysphex Tachysphex? - Tachysphex Tachysphex Hymenoptera - Tachysphex Tachysphex with Grasshopper prey - Tachysphex Red-tipped Hymenoptera? - Tachysphex

Genus Tachytes
unknown bee - Tachytes - female Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes crassus - female The Six Wasp Special - #3 of 6 - Tachytes distinctus - male Bee? - Tachytes Genus Tachytes? - Tachytes Tachytes sayi - male Tachytes guatemalensis? - Tachytes - male Bee with mustard color eyes - Tachytes


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