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Crabronid Wasp - Lestica
Copyright © 2004 Mike Boone

Crabronid Wasp - Lestica
Perry County, Ohio, USA
June 21, 2004
Here's a wasp for Bug Eric...is it just a typical yellowjacket or something unusual?
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Contributed by Mike Boone on 8 July, 2004 - 10:00pm
Last updated 29 November, 2006 - 12:10pm

Moved
Moved from Square-headed Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 29 November, 2006 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Lestica
This is a Lestica, probably confluenta because of the strong punctation of the metasoma but one can't be completely sure from this picture (otherwise there is only L. producticollis in the east).
… Matthias Buck, 10 August, 2006 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Crabronid wasp
Yes, this is a "square-headed wasp" in the family Sphecidae, subfamily Crabroninae. Probably in the genus Ectemnius or Lestica. Males in the genus Crabro have bizarre shield-like flanges on the front tibia, which are used to cover the female's eyes during mating. I have no idea why:-) Very nice photo. Look for these small wasps hanging out around aphid colonies drinking honeydew.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 July, 2004 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

Yellowjacket
Looks more like a Crabonid
example on:
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/selhome/gbu/crabronid.html

The males often get "shoveler" first legs to mate
… Daniel Abraham, 9 July, 2004 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

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